Roughly six months after it was announced that longtime Museum of Modern Art director Glenn Lowry is stepping down, a new director has been announced.

The new head is Christophe Cherix, who has been at the museum since 2007, and is currently chief curator of drawings and prints, a position to which he was appointed in 2013. Cherix’s appointment marks the first internal museum pick for a director since Lowry’s predecessor, Richard Oldenberg, brother of Pop art star Claes, who helmed the museum from 1972 to 1995. Lowry has been in charge of MoMA since 1995, and will step down after September of this year.

The news was first reported by the New York Times, which stated that Cherix’s appointment was revealed in a letter from museum chair Marie-Josée Kravis and president Sarah Arison. The letter noted that the board of trustees voted unanimously to appoint Cherix as director.

In sharing the Board’s decision,  Kravis said, “Christophe’s brilliant curatorial leadership in modern and contemporary art, deep insight and passion for MoMA’s collection, and reputation for steady stewardship stood out as indispensable qualities to meet the moment as the Museum’s next director,” according to a statement MoMA shared with Artnet.

Cherix is Swiss and received a license ès lettres from the University of Geneva. He was a Fellow of the Class of 2010 at the Center for Curatorial Leadership in New York, which included a residency at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, according to his bio on the MoMA website.

His appointment as  chief curator of drawings and prints at the museum in 2013 came after a reorganization that merged the department of prints and illustrated books. Cherix previously served as curator of the Cabinet des Estampes at the Musée d’art et d’histoire in Geneva, Switzerland. His specialty is modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on the art of the 1960s and 1970s.

During his time at the museum, Cherix has steered exhibitions on contemporary artists including Betye Saar, Adrian Piper, Marcel Broodthaers, Yoko Ono, and Jasper Johns. Most recently, he oversaw the sprawling exhibition of acclaimed artist Ed Ruscha, which featured more than 200 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and books making it the most comprehensive retrospective of his work ever staged.