Dorothy Kosinski

Dorothy M. Kosinski is an American scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century art, curator and the director (since 2008) of The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D. C.

Biography

Kosinski was born in Meriden, Connecticut, into a catholic family[1] and grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, and got her BA from Yale University and her MA and PhD degrees from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.[2] After being an intern and curatorial assistant at the Guggenheim Museum, she became a curator for the Bruce Museum[3] in Greenwich, Connecticut, and, from 1985 to 1997,[4] for the private collection of cubist art left by Douglas Cooper[5] in Basel, Switzerland.[6] From 1995 to 2008, she worked at the Dallas Museum of Art, where she worked in different capacities before she eventually[4] became senior curator of painting and sculpture, then was appointed director at The Phillips Collection,[5] where she succeed Jay Gates.[7] She was also an independent curator for the National Gallery in Prague,[4] the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg,[8] the Kunstmuseum Basel,[4] and the Royal Academy of Arts.[5] Her experience amounts to over 30 exhibitions.[9]

Kosinski has published on artists including Gustave Courbet,[10] Henri Matisse,[11] and Vincent van Gogh[12] and on various topics in nineteenth and twentieth-century art.[13] Her book "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor" was among "The best books of 2007" listed by the Financial Times.[14] In total, Kosinski can look back on over 35 publications.[15] As an expert of nineteenth and twentieth-century art Kosinski has been quoted by the New York Times[16][17] and the Washington Post.[18][19]

President Obama appointed her in 2012 to the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory council to the National Endowment for the Humanities.[20] In December 2017 Kosinski was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy for her "outstanding contributions to the arts and promotion of Italian culture".[21]

She is a member of the US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture.[6] She is also director of the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation[22] and of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, as well as a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kosinski's Path To the Phillips". 2008-02-10. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  2. ↑ Boyle, Katherine (2014-02-28). "Who's who: The women leading top Washington-area museums". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  3. ↑ Charles, Eleanor. "CONNECTICUT GUIDE". Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dorothy Kosinski". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  5. 1 2 3 Trescott, Jacqueline (5 December 2007). "Phillips Collection Taps Dallas Curator To Succeed Director". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Dorothy Kosinski". US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Times, The New York. "Museum Leaders Named". Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  8. ↑ "Administration". www.phillipscollection.org. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  9. ↑ Gopnik, Blake (2008-02-10). "Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  10. ↑ Gopnik, Blake (2008-02-10). "Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips". ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  11. ↑ "Matisse | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  12. ↑ "Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  13. ↑ Rubell, Mera (18 May 2010). "The Phillips' Female Force". Washington Life Magazine. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "The best books of 2007". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  15. ↑ Gopnik, Blake (2008-02-10). "Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips". ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  16. ↑ Vogel, Carol. "INSIDE ART; Dispersing A Private Cache". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  17. ↑ "Writing Off the Warhol Next Door". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  18. ↑ Trescott, Jacqueline (2008-12-19). "Phillips Collection Receives Largest Gifts Ever, Endowment Reaches $38 Million". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  19. ↑ "Left at altar by Corcoran, University of Maryland has new partner in the arts". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  20. ↑ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". White House Office of the Press Secretary. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  21. ↑ "Dorothy Kosinski Awarded Order of the Star of Italy". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  22. ↑ Foundation, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz. "Board". www.cafritzfoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  • Kosinski at The Phillips Collection website
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