Kathy Halbreich

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

Halbreich was born to Betty Stoll 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. 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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