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Former National Gallery Director Sasha Suda Sues Philadelphia Art Museum over Dismissal
Sasha Suda was fired following an independent law firm investigation focusing on a $39,000 salary increase, with the board citing serious concerns for termination.
- The executive committee of the Art Museum terminated Sasha Suda, director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum, for cause on Nov. 4 after a law firm recommended her dismissal.
- Shortly before her dismissal, the board of trustees hired an outside law firm to probe spending, including an authorized salary increase of about $39,000 over two years, but the rebrand to Philadelphia Art Museum was not the cause of termination.
- Financial records show Suda earned $728,945 in 2023 plus $30,306 in other pay, and her lawsuit asserts the board violated her contract by offering six months' severance instead of two years.
- On November 10, Alexandra 'Sasha' Suda filed suit in Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas alleging unlawful termination, with her lawyer Luke Nikas saying `A small cabal of trustees commissioned a sham investigation to create a pretext for Ms. Suda's termination`.
- Louis Marchesano is overseeing daily operations as trustees weigh interim leadership options, focusing on 2026 programming amid an operating deficit and post-pandemic visitorship concerns.
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Ex-Philly Art Museum exec Sasha Suda files lawsuit claiming she was wrongfully terminated
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Dismissed Philadelphia Art Museum Director Fires Back With a Lawsuit
Less than a week after she was terminated “for cause” from her role as the director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum (PhAM) in an email, Alexandra “Sasha” Suda has filed a lawsuit against the museum today, November 10, alleging unlawful termination and multiple violations of her employment agreement. Suda’s suit came to light hours after the Philadelphia Inquirer confirmed that PhAM’s executive committee of trustees commissioned an externa…
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