Kathy Halbreich

Kathy Halbreich (born 1949) is an American art curator and museum director.

Halbreich was born to Betty and Sonny Halbreich in 1949.[1] She earned her BA from Bennington College. She was director of the Albert and Vera List Visual Arts Center at MIT, where she designed a new arts building with architect I.M. Pei. She was then the curator of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[2]

In 1991, Halbreich was hired as director of the Walker Art Center. Under her leadership, the museum broadened its reputation for developing emerging talent, hosting avant-garde performances and exhibitions. She oversaw a $73.8 million expansion at the Walker and announced her retirement in 2007.[3] She was hired as an associate director of the Museum of Modern Art in 2008.[2][4] At MoMA, Halbreich curated a 2014 retrospective of German artist Sigmar Polke and a 2018 Bruce Nauman exhibition.[5][6].

In September, 2017 Halbreich was appointed director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation[7].

References

  1. ↑ Thurman, Judith (November 12, 2012). "Ask Betty". The New Yorker.
  2. 1 2 Vogel, Carol (October 1, 2007). "In New York, Kathy Halbreich becomes the new face at Museum of Modern Art". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Vogel, Carol (March 20, 2007). "Influential Director Resigns at Minneapolis Art Center". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ "Kathy Halbreich". MoMA. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Sheets, Hilarie M. (April 2, 2014). "MoMA's Kathy Halbreich Is Connecting the Polke Dots". ARTnews.
  6. ↑ "Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  7. ↑ Russeth, Andrew (2017-09-28). "Rauschenberg Foundation Taps MoMA's Kathy Halbreich to Be Director". ARTnews. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
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