Ann Philbin

Ann Philbin
Born Ann Philbin
Nationality American
Occupation American museum director

Ann Philbin is an American museum director. Since 1999, she has been director of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles; before this she was the director of the Drawing Center in New York City.

Education

Philbin received her BA in art history from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, in 1976[1] and her MA in museum studies/arts administration from New York University.

Career

After Henry Hopkins retired in 1998, Philbin was appointed director of the Hammer Museum in 1999.[2] Philbin oversees a complex group of art holdings, including collections amassed by Armand Hammer and UCLA's Murphy Sculpture Garden and Grunwald Center, a 45,000-piece graphic arts trove. The newest addition is a rapidly growing collection of contemporary art with 1,000 pieces in place, strongest in works on paper and Southern California art.[3] Since Philbin became director in 1999, the museum’s annual operating budget has grown to $22 million, from $5 million, and its staff to over 200, from 35.[4] She is credited with re-energizing the institution and making it a "nexus of LA's arts community."[5] She is one of ten leading art museum directors interviewed by Michael E. Shapiro, Director Emeritus of the High Museum of Art, in In Eleven Museums, Eleven Directors: Conversations on Art & Leadership on how the directors came into their leadership roles, the challenges they face, and what they see as the future of museums.[6]

Awards and honors

From 2005 to 2012, Philbin was ranked in ArtReview's Power 100.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "'The biggest lesson was to question authority' — Ann Philbin '76". UNH Magazine online. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Suzanne Muchnic (18 October 2009). "The Hammer Museum's striking rise". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Robin Pogrebin (February 22, 2018), $50 Million for the Hammer Museum, and Fresh Energy for Arts Giving in L.A. New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Meet Ann Philbin: The Woman Behind The Hammer Museum's Success". Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  6. ↑ Shapiro, Michael E. (2016). Eleven Museums, Eleven Directors: Conversations on Art & Leadership. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. ISBN 978-0939802272.
  7. ↑ "Ann Philbin". ArtReview. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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