Sentences with phrase «prominent curator at the museum»

Hopkins had spent his first day on the job with William Seitz, a prominent curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, who had come to Los Angeles to judge the annual open exhibition at the county museum in Exposition Park.

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Skepticism is the typical reaction: A curator at one prominent museum argued that art is far more likely to be influenced by cultural developments, such as the invention of photography or the rise of Impressionism, than by evolution.

George McGavin, assistant curator of entomological collections at the Oxford University Museum and a prominent opponent of Bishop's work, says: «If the experiments continue, I'll continue my opposition.»

(Other prominent names mentioned were Sheena Wagstaff, the chairwoman of the department of modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a former chief curator of Tate Modern; Iwona Blazwick, director of Whitechapel Art Gallery; and Nicholas Cullinan, director of the National Portrait Gallery.)

Though Tuttle's work is now canonical, it was met with fierce criticism early in his career: the artist's 1975 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art was received terribly by many prominent critics, most famously by Hilton Kramer of the New York Times, and curator Marcia Tucker — who went on to found the New Museum of Contemporary Art later that year — was fired from the museum, allegedly because of the controversy surrounding theMuseum of American Art was received terribly by many prominent critics, most famously by Hilton Kramer of the New York Times, and curator Marcia Tucker — who went on to found the New Museum of Contemporary Art later that year — was fired from the museum, allegedly because of the controversy surrounding theMuseum of Contemporary Art later that year — was fired from the museum, allegedly because of the controversy surrounding themuseum, allegedly because of the controversy surrounding the show.

Her subjects span an array of mediums, identities, and professions — Pakistani sculptor Huma Bhabha sits in a shadow, assistant curator of contemporary art at the Whitney Museum of American Art Rujeko Hockley reclines in a shaft of sunlight on the stairs — but they all have one prominent thing in common: Simpson's breathtaking admiration.

Co-curated by Teresa A. Carbone, the museum's curator of American art and Kellie Jones, associate professor of art history at Columbia University, «Witness» assembles a refreshing mix of African American artists (Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Barkley Hendricks, Jae Jarrell, Jacob Lawrence, John T. Riddle Jr., Charles White, William T. Williams) and artists of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, including several prominent white artists (Phillip Guston, Robert Indiana, Norman Rockwell, Ed Ruscha) inspired by the volatile climate of the era that would come to define a great part of America's character.

There is an end of residency exhibition curated by a prominent guest curator - 2018 guest curator: Carmen Hermo, assistant curator at the Brooklyn Museum.

Chrissie Iles, a curator at the Whitney who organized the show with Bennett Simpson, a curator at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, said that prominent artists as well distributed over the years as Tony Oursler (video artist, born 1957), Rirkrit Tiravanija (known for the shows in which he cooks for gallery visitors, born 1961) and Wade Guyton (who «paints» with printers, born 1972) all showed strong traces of Mr. Graham's influence.

Paul Schimmel, the longtime chief curator at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and one of the most prominent museum curators in the United States, was fired WednMuseum of Contemporary Art and one of the most prominent museum curators in the United States, was fired Wednmuseum curators in the United States, was fired Wednesday.

In New York this week the latest participants, ranging in age from early 20s to early 50s, spent time with some of the most prominent professionals of the city's museums and nonprofit spaces: Nancy Spector, the chief curator at the Guggenheim; Scott Rothkopf, from the Whitney; Laura Hoptman from the Museum of Modern Art; Matthew Higgs from White Columns.

In response to these allegations, several prominent van Gogh authorities, including Louis van Tilborgh, curator of paintings and sculpture at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, publicly attested to the work's authenticity.