October 1, 1999

2 Art-World Dynamos Accept California Posts; Penn Hopes Middle East Expert Will Help 2 Fields; Disputed President Approved for SUNY Campus

By SCOTT HELLER, D.W. MILLER, and JULIANNE BASINGER

The art world gave up two dynamos in 1998, when Kevin E. Consey and Richard Koshalek resigned their jobs directing the Museums of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Los Angeles, respectively.

They weren't gone for long, however. And this time around, each one will operate from a college campus.

Mr. Consey has just accepted a post as director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, on the University of California campus there. Mr. Koshalek, meanwhile, is in his first