Evan Maurer is stepping down as director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. “A burly former rugby player with a doctorate in Renaissance and modern art, Maurer has been for years the welcoming face of an institution that was once regarded as a venerable but stuffy cultural dowager. In his heyday, Maurer seemed to be everywhere, serving on civic art committees, showing up at other museum galas, giving impromptu tours of the institute’s collection and even helping kids into the new strollers the museum provides for tots.”