Art historian and former museum director Rudi Fuchs died on Sunday evening in Amsterdam at the age of 84, his family announced. He led the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam from 1993 to 2003, after directing the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, now Kunstmuseum Den Haag. He was also artistic director of Documenta in Kassel.

Fuchs was born in Eindhoven in 1942 and studied art history in Leiden. He also worked as a writer, columnist, lecturer and exhibition maker. The directors of the Stedelijk Museum and Kunstmuseum Den Haag described him as an influential figure in the Dutch and international museum world.