Axel Rüger
Axel Rüger (born 1968 in Dortmund) is a German art historian, curator and museum director. He led the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2019 through 2024, and in March 2025 assumed the directorship of the Frick Collection in New York City. Previously, he was director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam from 2006 to 2019, and worked as a curator of Dutch art at the National Gallery in London.