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Curator and exhibit designer dress a mannequin for an exhibit.. A curator (from Latin: cura, meaning 'to take care') [1] is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular institution and its mission.
Luke Syson is an English museum curator and art historian.Since 2019, he has been the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, prior to which he held positions at the British Museum (1991–2002), the Victoria and Albert Museum (2002–2003), the National Gallery (2003–2012) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2015–2019).
Cornelia H. Butler (born 1 February 1963) [1] is an American museum curator, author, and art historian. Since 2023, Butler is the Director of MoMA PS1 . [ 2 ] From 2013 to 2023, she was the Chief Curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
A curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is regarded as a leading figure in the New York School , an informal group of artists, writers, and musicians who drew inspiration from jazz, surrealism , abstract expressionism , action painting , and contemporary avant-garde art movements.
In 1983, he became the first curator at the California African American Museum. [3] He worked at the National Museum of American History from 1989 until 1994 as a curator. From 1990 to 2000, he was also a professor in the Museum Studies and History departments at The George Washington University. [ 8 ]
Glenn Adamson (born 1972) is an American curator, author, and historian whose research and work focuses on the intersections of design, craft, and contemporary art. [1]He is editor-at-large of The Magazine Antiques, [2] editor of Journal of Modern Craft, a freelance writer, and a curator.
She then joined the Philadelphia Museum of Art, first as Assistant Curator and then the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Twentieth Century Art. [6] Her exhibitions included, among others, "Thinking Is Form: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys" (1994), "Constantin Brancusi" (1995), "Alice Neel" (2001), and "Barnett Newman" (2002). [ 7 ]
Leslie Anne Anderson is an American museum administrator and art curator [1] notable for her scholarship and exhibitions of modern and contemporary European, American, and regional art. She has worked as curator of European and American art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields) and the Utah Museum of Fine Art .