Michael R. Taylor (museum director)
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| Michael R. Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Michael R. Taylor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (MA) Courtauld Institute of Art, London (MA) Courtauld Institute of Art, London (PhD) |
Dr. Michael R. Taylor is a curator, author, and expert in modern and contemporary art with a focus on Dada, Surrealism, and the work of Marcel Duchamp. With a Ph.D in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, he was a Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1997 until 2011,[1] and Director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from 2011 until 2015[2] In May 2015, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced its appointment of Dr. Taylor as Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education.[3]
Selected bibliography
- Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés, New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009.
- Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009.
- Thomas Chimes: Adventures in 'Pataphysics', Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007.
- Co-Author (with Dawn Ades), Salvador Dalí: The Centennial Retrospective, Milan: Bompiani, and New York: Rizzoli, 2004.
- Jacques Lipchitz and Philadelphia, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum Bulletin series, 2004.
- Giorgio de Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, and London: Merrell Publishers, 2002.
- Co-author (with Ann Temkin and Susan Rosenberg), Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000.
References
- ↑ http://www.philamuseum.org/press/releases/2004/391.html
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- ↑ https://vmfa.museum/pressroom/news/michael-taylor-appointed-chief-curator-and-deputy-director-for-art-and-education-of-the-virginia-museum-of-fine-arts/
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