Honolulu Museum of Art Appoints New Director

The Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) in Hawai‘i has named David Odo as its next director and chief executive. He will start in the role on September 1.  He succeeds Halona Norton-Westbrook, who left in July 2025 to lead the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas.Odo is currently director and chief curator of the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia in Athens. During his tenure, the museum saw record attendance, which now sees around 61,000 annual visitors. He also increas