Holly Block has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Bronx Museum. Block had been curator of the museum from 1985 -1988, besides this she was also the executive director of different organisations dedicated to the commissioning and presentation of contemporary art for 18 years, and worked with the Biennial of Cairo in 2003. Holly Block assumed the role on September 5th. Her principal priority is the coordination and supervision of the inauguration of the new building of the museum, which is deserving of the Prize for Excellence in Design, granted by the Commission for the Arts of New York City.