institution – including The Second Museum of Our Wishes, which focuses on bringing more works by women artists into the collection, the creation of the innovative Renzo Piano designed Pontus Hultén Study Gallery (opened in May 2008), The American Friends of the Moderna Museet Inc. and the opening of Moderna Museet Malmö in 2009. At the end of 2010, Nittve left his post as Director of the Moderna Museet after having served the maximum length of nine years anyone is permitted to hold the post. From 2011–2016, Nittve was Executive Director of the M+ museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. Awards and recognition Lars Nittve has served on the jury of numerous international prizes and has been on the board of a large number of international art organizations. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Art. In 2009 he was awarded a PhD H.C by Umeå University, Sweden, where he is also professor in Art history since 2010. In 2010, Nittve was awarded H. M. The King's Medal in gold, 12th size in the Order of the Serafim's ribbon. Nittve is the author of several publications on art, as well as articles in journals and catalogues in Sweden and abroad. In 2013 he was ranked at number 73 in ArtReview Magazine's annual Power 100 References External links Exhibition of the Modern Museum, Stockholm Interview with Lars Nittve (swedish) Lars Nittve, Lars Nittve on a swedish radiointerview (2002-07-07) 1953 births Living people Swedish art curators Swedish art critics Directors of museums in Sweden Stockholm School of Economics alumni Tate Modern Directors