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Verpoorten takes Naples museum director post

Dania Maxwell/Staff Frank Verpoorten, the new Director and Chief Curator of the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, stands for a portrait in an installation by artist Dale Chihuly at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Naples, Fla. 'I am intrigued by the opportunity for the museum to grow beyond the reputation that has been established,' Verpoorten said. With more than 15 years serving museums in Brussels, Belgium and New York City, Verpoorten is currently the Cultural AttacheÌ for the Representation of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) to the U.S.

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Dania Maxwell/Staff Frank Verpoorten, the new Director and Chief Curator of the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, stands for a portrait in an installation by artist Dale Chihuly at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Naples, Fla. "I am intrigued by the opportunity for the museum to grow beyond the reputation that has been established," Verpoorten said. With more than 15 years serving museums in Brussels, Belgium and New York City, Verpoorten is currently the Cultural AttacheÌ for the Representation of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) to the U.S.

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  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Frank Verpoorten, the new Director and Chief Curator of the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, stands for a portrait next to a Dale Chihuly installation, left, at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Naples, Fla. 'I am intrigued by the opportunity for the museum to grow beyond the reputation that has been established,' Verpoorten said. With more than 15 years serving museums in Brussels, Belgium and New York City, Verpoorten is currently the Cultural AttacheÌ for the Representation of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) to the U.S.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Frank Verpoorten, the new Director and Chief Curator of the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, stands for a portrait in an installation by artist Dale Chihuly at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Naples, Fla. 'I am intrigued by the opportunity for the museum to grow beyond the reputation that has been established,' Verpoorten said. With more than 15 years serving museums in Brussels, Belgium and New York City, Verpoorten is currently the Cultural AttacheÌ for the Representation of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) to the U.S.
  • Dania Maxwell/Staff Frank Verpoorten, the new Director and Chief Curator of the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, sits for a portrait in the resource library at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in Naples, Fla. 'I am intrigued by the opportunity for the museum to grow beyond the reputation that has been established,' Verpoorten said. With more than 15 years serving museums in Brussels, Belgium and New York City, Verpoorten is currently the Cultural AttacheÌ for the Representation of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) to the U.S.

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