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Ann Philbin is the current director of the Hammer Museum. Prior to becoming the director in 1999, Philbin worked as the director Drawing Center in New York.

Philbin received her BA in Art History from the University of New Hampshire, Durham in 1976 and her MA in Museum Studies/Arts Administration from New York University.

After Henry Hopkins retired in 1998, Philbin was appointed director of Hammer Museum in 1999. Under her supervision, Philbin oversees a complex group of art holdings, including collections amassed by Armand Hammer, and UCLA's Murphy Sculpture Garden and Grunwald Center, a 45,000-piece graphic arts trove. The newest addition is a rapidly growing collection of contemporary art with 1,000 pieces in place, strongest in works on paper and Southern California art.