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Former Henry J. Heinz II Director of the [[Carnegie Museum of Art]], '''Lynn Zelevansky''' (born 1947) is an American [[curator]] currently based in [[New York City]]. While Curatorial Assistant at [[Museum of Modern Art| MoMA]] (1987-1995), Zelevansky curated “Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties” (1994), that institution’s first all-female exhibition. |
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==Early Life== |
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Zelevansky earned a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MA from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in 1987. |
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'''Lynn Zelevansky''' (born 1947) is an American art historian and [[curator]]. Formerly Henry Heinz II Director of the [[Carnegie Museum of Art]], she is currently based in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2017/09/08/Lynn-Zelevansky-The-Henry-J-Heinz-II-Director-of-Carnegie-Museum-of-Art-is-resigning-down/stories/201709080095|title = Lynn Zelevansky, director of Carnegie Museum of Art, is stepping down|website=Post-gazette.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artagencypartners.com/lynn-zelevansky-interview/ |title="Awareness Seems to Happen in Waves" – Art Agency, Partners |access-date=2018-03-24 |archive-date=2018-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325045209/http://www.artagencypartners.com/lynn-zelevansky-interview/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Zelevansky curated "Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama" (1998) and "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form" (2004) for [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] from 1995 to 2009. While working at [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]] (1987–1995), she curated “Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties” (1994), that institution's first all-female exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/24/arts/review-art-space-is-spare-for-women-s-work-at-the-modern.html|title=Review/Art; Space Is Spare for Women's Work at the Modern|first=Roberta|last=Smith|date=24 June 1994|access-date=11 December 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> [[International Association of Art Critics|AICA]] awarded it "Best Emerging Art Exhibition New York." |
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==Curating Career== |
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During graduate school, Zelevansky co-curated exhibitions for [[Pratt Institute]] and [[Camerawork]]. Following graduate school, Zelevansky joined MoMA’s Department of Painting and Sculpture as a curatorial assistant and remained there until 1995. In addition to curating “Sense and Sensibility, she curated eleven other MoMA exhibitions, including solo exhibitions for [[Vito Acconci]], [[Ad Reinhardt]], [[Robert Ryman]], [[Houston Conwill]], [[Cildo Meireles]], [[Guillermo Kuitca]], Suzanne Lafont, and [[Gabriel Orozco]]. |
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Between 1995 and 2009, Zelevansky worked at [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], where she became Department Head in 2000, and then Terri and Michael Smooke Curator in 2004. During this period, she curated the first-ever [[survey]] of [[Japanese]] artist [[Yayoi Kusama]], who was named the world’s most “beloved living artist” in 2015. While at LACMA, Zelevansky also organized solo exhibitions for [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Diego Rivera]], Robert Therrien, and [[Keith Edmier]] and [[Farrah Fawcett]], plus seven group exhibitions. |
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In 2009, Zelevansky became Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Carnegie Museum of Art, where she remained until 2017. While there, she organized exhibitions for [[Hélio Oiticica]] and [[Paul Thek]]. |
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==Early life and education== |
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Zelevansky was born and raised on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]]. Her father worked in the insurance and real estate business. She attended the [[Ethical Culture Fieldston School]] through high school, graduating in 1965. She met her future husband Paul Zelevansky during her first week at [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/museums/s_719295.html|title=Carnegie director Lynn Zelevansky works on her balancing act|website=Triblive.com|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> They married in 1968, but she transferred to [[Pratt Institute]], where she graduated with a BFA in Photography in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artdaily.com/news/30627/Lynn-Zelevansky-Named-The-Henry-J--Heinz-II-Director-of-Carnegie-Museum-of-Art|title=Lynn Zelevansky Named The Henry J. Heinz II Director of Carnegie Museum of Art|website=Artdaily.com|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> Following graduation, she worked as a photographer and free-lance critic, reviewing photography and art exhibitions for various publications. During this period, she also taught photography and criticism at Pratt, [[Cooper Union]], and the [[New School]]. In 1984, with two children (born in 1974 and 1977) at home,<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives|title=Archives|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> she began the graduate program at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts, earning her MA in 1987, and later completing coursework towards her doctorate.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/press_archives/7259/releases/MOMA_1994_0045_29-3.pdf?2010|format=PDF|title=The Museum of Modern Art : Lynn Zelevansky|website=Moma.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> During her studies, Zelevansky co-curated exhibitions for [[Pratt Institute]] and [[Camerawork]]. |
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==Curatorial career== |
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== Publication history == |
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In 1986, Zelevansky joined MoMA's Department of Painting and Sculpture as a curatorial assistant and remained there until 1995.<ref name="auto"/> |
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While at MoMA, she assisted William Rubins on "Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/press_archives/7051/releases/MOMA_1992_0059_48.pdf?2010|format=PDF|title=The Museum of Modern Art : PUBLISHES PICASSO AND BRAQUE: A SYMPOSIUM|website=Moma.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> for which she edited the second volume of the catalog, and on the [[Ad Reinhardt]] exhibition<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/press_archives/6993/releases/MOMA_1992_0001_1.pdf?2010|format=PDF|title=The Museum of Modern Art : PUBLISHES FIRST ISSUE OF STUDIES IN MODERN ART|website=Moma.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> and assisted on exhibitions of the work of [[Vito Acconci]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2156_300189464.pdf|title=The Museum of Modern Art : Vito Acconci, public places|website=Moma.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> and [[Robert Ryman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_405_300063098.pdf|title=The Museum of Modern Art : Robert Ryman|website=Moma.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> In addition to curating “Sense and Sensibility,"<ref>Johanna Drucker. "Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties." ''Third Text''. Summer. 1994. pp. 103–107.</ref> she organized Projects exhibitions for: [[Houston Conwill]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moma.org/d/c/exhibition_catalogues/W1siZiIsIjMwMDA2Mjk1NSJdLFsicCIsImVuY292ZXIiLCJ3d3cubW9tYS5vcmcvY2FsZW5kYXIvZXhoaWJpdGlvbnMvMjExOSIsImh0dHA6Ly9tb21hLm9yZy9jYWxlbmRhci9leGhpYml0aW9ucy8yMTE5P2xvY2FsZT1lcyIsImkiXV0.pdf?sha=ce9c4ef4c278430b|title=MoMA Conwill exhibition brochure|website=Moma.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> [[Cildo Meireles]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2110_300062971.pdf|title=MoMA Meireles exhibition brochure|website=Moma.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref><ref>Lawrence Wechsler. "Cries from the Wilderness.' ''Art News''. Summer 1990.</ref> [[Guillermo Kuitca]],<ref>[https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_345_300063035.pdf MoMA Kuitca brochure], Moma.org</ref> Suzanne Lafont,<ref>[https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_376_300063066.pdf MoMA Lafont brochure], Moma.org</ref> and [[Gabriel Orozco]].<ref>[https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_403_300063096.pdf MoMA Orozco brochure], Moma.org</ref> |
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|BCAM/LACMA/2008: The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art || ||April 1, 2008|| Los Angeles County Museum of Art; F First Edition|| ISBN-10: 0875871976 |
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|BCAM/LACMA/2008: The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art || ||April 1, 2008||Los Angeles County Museum of Art; F First Edition|| ISBN-13: 978-0875871974 |
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Zelevansky was awarded a 1995 Peter Norton Family Foundation Curator's Grant.<ref>Judith Michaelson. "Morning Report." ''Los Angeles Times''. September 8, 1995.</ref> In 1997, Zelevansky was the keynote speaker at [[Teachers College]] "Women in Arts and Culture"<ref>Sabrina Rojas Weiss. 'TC Symposium Celebrates Female Artistic Progress'. ''Columbia Spectator'' February 3, 1997. p. 8</ref> |
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== Exhibitionography == |
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| October 1, 2016-October 1, 2017||Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium||Carnegie Museum of Art<ref>https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/helio-oiticica-to-organize-delirium-684380 “How to Understand Hélio Oiticica’s Journey From Art Visionary to Coke Dealer and Back Again” </ref>, [[Art Institute of Chicago]] and [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]||[[Hélio Oiticica]] |
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|October 2010-September 2011||Paul Thek, Diver: A Retrospective|| Carnegie Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and [[UCLA Hammer Museum]]||[[Paul Thek]] |
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| June-September 2009||Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea <ref> http://beta.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-korea21-2009jun21-story.html “’Your Bright Lights’ Spotlights Korean Artists at LACMA”</ref>||LACMA and [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]]|| [[Choi Jeong Hwa]], [[Kimsooja]], [[Do-Ho Suh]], Gimhongsok, [[Jeon Joonho]], [[Haegue Yang]], Bahc yiso, [[Kim Beom]], [[Minouk Lim]], [[Koo Jeong-a]], [[Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries]], and Jooyeon Park |
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|February 2008||Opening Installation||BCAM at LACMA <ref>http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=22159&b=lacma “Broad Contemporary Art Museum to open at LACMA” </ref>|| [[John Baldessari]], [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], [[Joseph Beuys]], [[Chris Burden]], [[Damien Hirst]], [[Mike Kelley]], [[Ellsworth Kelly]], [[Jeff Koons]], [[Roy Lichtenstein]], [[Robert Longo]], [[Susan Rothenberg]], [[Ed Ruscha]], [[David Salle]], [[Cindy Sherman]], [[Julian Schnabel]], [[Richard Serra]], [[Philip Taaffe]], [[Mark Tansey]], [[Cy Twombly]], and [[Andy Warhol]] |
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|June 13- October 10, 2004||Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-1970<ref> http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/04/entertainment/ca-knight4 “A Clarifying Moment for Minimalism”</ref> ||LACMA and Miami Art Museum|| 200 works by 130 artists |
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|November 21, 2002 – February 10, 2003||Contemporary Projects 7: Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett<ref>http://beta.latimes.com/la-et-farrah-lacma26-2009jun26-story.html Coming soon to LACMA ... Sculptor Keith Edmier and his muse, Farrah Fawcett, make art together.”</ref> ||[[Keith Edmier]] and [[Farrah Fawcett]]|| |
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| October 7, 2001-January 6, 2002||Jasper Johns to Jeff Koon: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections (co-curated with Stephanie Barron)||LACMA, [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]], [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], and [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]]|| |
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|February 20-May 7, 2000||Robert Therrien||LACMA, [[Site Santa Fe]], [[Contemporary Arts Museum Houston]], and [[Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey]]|| Robert Therrien |
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| May 30-August 16, 1999||Diego Rivera: Art and Revolution||LACMA||[[Diego Rivera]] |
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| September 6-January 4, 1999||Picasso: Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art||LACMA||[[Pablo Picasso]] |
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|March 8-June 8, 1998||Love Foreover: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968, co-curated with Laura Hoptman||LACMA, MoMA, Walker Art Center and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo||[[Yayoi Kusama]] |
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| November 1997-February 1998||Mexican Masterpieces from the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection||LACMA || |
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|Summer 1997||Contemporary Projects: Longing and Memory||LACMA|| |
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|June-September 1994||Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties||MoMA ||Polly Apfelbaum, Mona Hatoum, Rachel Lachowicz, Jac Leirner, Claudia Matzko, Rachel Whiteread, and Andrea Zittel |
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|September 1993||Reinstallation of the permanent collection, with [[Kirk Varnedoe]] || MoMA|| |
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|September 1993||Projects 41: Gabriel Orozco ||MoMA||[[Gabriel Orozco]] |
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| September 1993||Robert Ryman (with Robert Storr)||MoMA and Tate Gallery|| [[Robert Ryman]] |
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| October 1992||Projects 37: Suzanne Lafont||MoMA|| [[Suzanne Lafont]] |
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| January 1992||The William S. Paley Collection||MoMA|| |
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| May 1991||Ad Reinhardt (with William Rubin)||MoMA and [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles]]|| [[Ad Reinhardt]] |
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In 1995 Zelevansky became Assistant Curator in the department of Modern and Contemporary Art at [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], eventually becoming the Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head, Contemporary Art<ref name="pp-g">{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=M.|title=Lynn Zelevansky, director of Carnegie Museum of Art, is stepping down|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2017/09/08/Lynn-Zelevansky-The-Henry-J-Heinz-II-Director-of-Carnegie-Museum-of-Art-is-resigning-down/stories/201709080095|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/lynn-zelevansky-to-step-down-as-director-of-carnegie-museum-of-art-71026|title=Artforum.com|website=Artforum.com|date=8 September 2017 |access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> |
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| March 1990||Projects 21:Cildo Meireles||MoMA|| [[Cildo Meireles]] |
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While at LACMA, she and Laura Hoptman co-curated the first US museum survey of [[Japanese people|Japanese]] artist [[Yayoi Kusama]].<ref>[https://eastofborneo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/momacatalogue216300025595.pdf Kusama 1958–1968 catalog], Eastofborneo.org</ref> She also organized a retrospective for Robert Therrien,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebroad.org/art/robert-therrien|title=Robert Therrien – Bio | The Broad|website=Thebroad.org|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> and [[Diego Rivera]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/entertainment-july-dec99-diego_7-15 |title=An Artistic Revolution: Diego Rivera | PBS NewsHour |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=2018-01-21 |archive-date=2018-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122001152/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/entertainment-july-dec99-diego_7-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During this period, she originated several group exhibitions such as "Longing and Memory" (1997),<ref name="auto1"/> "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form" (2004), and "Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea" (2009).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/korean-lacma.html|title=Review: 'Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea' at LACMA|website=Latimesblogs.latimes.com|date=28 June 2009|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> [[Michael Kimmelman]] called "Beyond Geometry" a "creative rethinking of the history of postwar vanguard art in the West"<ref>[http://events.nytimes.com/2004/07/02/arts/design/02KIMM.html?pagewanted=all&position=] {{dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref> and [[International Association of Art Critics|AICA]] awarded it "Best Thematic Exhibition Nationally."<ref>[http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=12026&b=eccles#.WraXZIjwbIU] {{dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref> On the occasion of "Beyond Geometry," the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]] hosted the symposium "Structures and Systems: An Intercontinental Art World."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.getty.edu/news/press/center/structures_and_systems.html |title=Structures and Systems (Getty Press Release) |access-date=2018-03-24 |archive-date=2017-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210074302/http://www.getty.edu/news/press/center/structures_and_systems.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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In 2009, Zelevansky became Henry J. Heinz II Director of the [[Carnegie Museum of Art]].During her tenure at CMOA, she collaborated with [[Elisabeth Sussman]] on "[[Paul Thek]]: Diver"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/arts/design/22thek.html|title=Paul Thek Retrospective at the Whitney Museum|last=Cotter|first=Holland|date=2010-10-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-02-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and together with Sussman and James Rondeau on "[[Hélio Oiticica]]: To Organize Delirium".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/visual-arts/h-lio-oiticica/cocaine-art-eden-and-sex-at-moma/|title=Cocaine Art, Eden and Sex at MoMA|date=29 January 2017|website=Pastemagazine.com|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> Zelevansky oversaw the 2013 presentation of the Carnegie International, which highlighted the intersections of contemporary international art and activism and demonstrated the ways the Carnegie International (since 1896) had influenced its collection.<ref name="nyc carnegie">{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Roberta|title=Global Extravaganza, but on a Human Scale The Carnegie International Keeps Its Survey Small|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/arts/design/the-carnegie-international-keeps-its-survey-small.html?action=click&contentCollection=Art%20%26%20Design&pgtype=imageslideshow&module=RelatedArticleList®ion=CaptionArea&version=SlideCard-1|access-date=17 March 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 October 2013}}</ref> After leaving the Carnegie, Zelevansky returned to her native New York City to work as an independent art historian, writer, and curator. She recently curated [https://www.galleriesnow.net/shows/leon-polk-smith-prairie-moon/ Leon Polk Smith: Harvest Moon] for Lisson Gallery in New York and [https://artdaily.com/news/140315/The-Fundaci-n-Juan-March-Presents-the-First-Ad-Reinhardt-Exhibition-in-Spain#.Yo_RRxPMIlI Art is Art and Everything Else is Everything Else] at the Fundacion Juan March in Madrid. |
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| September 13- October 29, 1991||Projects 30: Guillermo Kuitca ||MoMA, [[Orange County Museum of Art]], Corcoran Gallery of Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston|| [[Guillermo Kuitca]] |
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== Publications == |
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*''Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium''. [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]. 2016. {{ISBN|9783791355221}} |
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| March 1990||Projects 21: Cildo Meireles||MoMA|| [[Cildo Meireles]] |
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*''Paul Thek: The Diver''. [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]. [[Carnegie Museum of Art]]. 2011. {{ISBN|9780300165951}} |
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*''Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea''. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]]. June 23, 2009. {{ISBN|0300146892}} |
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*''Cildo Mereiles''. [[Tate Modern]]/DAP. February 1, 2009. {{ISBN|9781933045917}} |
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| November 1989||Projects 19: Houston Conwill||MoMA|| [[Houston Conwill]] |
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*''PBCAM/LACMA/2008: The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art''. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. April 1, 2008. {{ISBN|0875871976}} |
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*''François Morellet''. Annely Juda Fine Art. 2008. {{ISBN|1904621228}} |
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*''''François Morellet''. Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers. 2006. {{ISBN|2901287999}} |
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*''Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s–1970s''. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. June 1, 2004. {{ISBN|0262240475}} |
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*''Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett: Recasting Pygmalion''. Rizzoli. December 13, 2002. {{ISBN|0847824403}} |
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*''Robert Therrien''. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. February 1, 2000. {{ISBN|0875871860}} |
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*''Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958–1968''. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. April 2, 1998. {{ISBN|087587181X}} |
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*''Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties''. Museum of Modern Art. April 10, 1995. {{ISBN|0870701207}} |
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*''Robert Ryman''. Tate Gallery. London. 1993. {{ISBN|1854371142}} |
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*''Picasso and Braque: A Symposium''. Harry N Abrams Inc. October 1, 1992. {{ISBN|0810961172}} |
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*''Guillermo Kuitca''. Newport Harbor Art Museum. 1992. |
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*''Products and Promotion: Art, Advertising and the American Dream''. SF Camerawork. 1986. |
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*''Art is Art and Everything Else is Everything Else''. Fundacion Juan March. March 15, 2022. {{ISBN |9788470756689}} |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2017/09/08/Lynn-Zelevansky-The-Henry-J-Heinz-II-Director-of-Carnegie-Museum-of-Art-is-resigning-down/stories/201709080095 Lynn Zelevansky, director of Carnegie Museum of Art, is stepping down, M. Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 8, 2017] |
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|September 1989||Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism (with William Rubin)||MoMA|| [[Pablo Picaso]] and [[Georges Braque]] |
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Lynn Zelevansky | |
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| Born | New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Pratt Institute, New York University |
| Known for | Curator, Museum Director |
Lynn Zelevansky (born 1947) is an American art historian and curator. Formerly Henry Heinz II Director of the Carnegie Museum of Art, she is currently based in New York City.[1][2] Zelevansky curated "Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama" (1998) and "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form" (2004) for Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1995 to 2009. While working at MoMA (1987–1995), she curated “Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties” (1994), that institution's first all-female exhibition.[3] AICA awarded it "Best Emerging Art Exhibition New York."
Early life and education
[edit]Zelevansky was born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Her father worked in the insurance and real estate business. She attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School through high school, graduating in 1965. She met her future husband Paul Zelevansky during her first week at Carnegie Institute of Technology.[4] They married in 1968, but she transferred to Pratt Institute, where she graduated with a BFA in Photography in 1971.[5] Following graduation, she worked as a photographer and free-lance critic, reviewing photography and art exhibitions for various publications. During this period, she also taught photography and criticism at Pratt, Cooper Union, and the New School. In 1984, with two children (born in 1974 and 1977) at home,[6] she began the graduate program at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts, earning her MA in 1987, and later completing coursework towards her doctorate.[7] During her studies, Zelevansky co-curated exhibitions for Pratt Institute and Camerawork.
Curatorial career
[edit]In 1986, Zelevansky joined MoMA's Department of Painting and Sculpture as a curatorial assistant and remained there until 1995.[7] While at MoMA, she assisted William Rubins on "Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism,"[8] for which she edited the second volume of the catalog, and on the Ad Reinhardt exhibition[9] and assisted on exhibitions of the work of Vito Acconci,[10] and Robert Ryman.[11] In addition to curating “Sense and Sensibility,"[12] she organized Projects exhibitions for: Houston Conwill,[13] Cildo Meireles,[14][15] Guillermo Kuitca,[16] Suzanne Lafont,[17] and Gabriel Orozco.[18]
Zelevansky was awarded a 1995 Peter Norton Family Foundation Curator's Grant.[19] In 1997, Zelevansky was the keynote speaker at Teachers College "Women in Arts and Culture"[20]
In 1995 Zelevansky became Assistant Curator in the department of Modern and Contemporary Art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, eventually becoming the Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head, Contemporary Art[21][22] While at LACMA, she and Laura Hoptman co-curated the first US museum survey of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.[23] She also organized a retrospective for Robert Therrien,[24] and Diego Rivera.[25] During this period, she originated several group exhibitions such as "Longing and Memory" (1997),[6] "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form" (2004), and "Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea" (2009).[26] Michael Kimmelman called "Beyond Geometry" a "creative rethinking of the history of postwar vanguard art in the West"[27] and AICA awarded it "Best Thematic Exhibition Nationally."[28] On the occasion of "Beyond Geometry," the J. Paul Getty Museum hosted the symposium "Structures and Systems: An Intercontinental Art World."[29]
In 2009, Zelevansky became Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Carnegie Museum of Art.During her tenure at CMOA, she collaborated with Elisabeth Sussman on "Paul Thek: Diver"[30] and together with Sussman and James Rondeau on "Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium".[31] Zelevansky oversaw the 2013 presentation of the Carnegie International, which highlighted the intersections of contemporary international art and activism and demonstrated the ways the Carnegie International (since 1896) had influenced its collection.[32] After leaving the Carnegie, Zelevansky returned to her native New York City to work as an independent art historian, writer, and curator. She recently curated Leon Polk Smith: Harvest Moon for Lisson Gallery in New York and Art is Art and Everything Else is Everything Else at the Fundacion Juan March in Madrid.
Publications
[edit]- Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium. Whitney Museum of American Art. 2016. ISBN 9783791355221
- Paul Thek: The Diver. Whitney Museum of American Art. Carnegie Museum of Art. 2011. ISBN 9780300165951
- Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. June 23, 2009. ISBN 0300146892
- Cildo Mereiles. Tate Modern/DAP. February 1, 2009. ISBN 9781933045917
- PBCAM/LACMA/2008: The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. April 1, 2008. ISBN 0875871976
- François Morellet. Annely Juda Fine Art. 2008. ISBN 1904621228
- ''François Morellet. Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers. 2006. ISBN 2901287999
- Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s–1970s. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. June 1, 2004. ISBN 0262240475
- Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett: Recasting Pygmalion. Rizzoli. December 13, 2002. ISBN 0847824403
- Robert Therrien. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. February 1, 2000. ISBN 0875871860
- Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958–1968. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. April 2, 1998. ISBN 087587181X
- Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties. Museum of Modern Art. April 10, 1995. ISBN 0870701207
- Robert Ryman. Tate Gallery. London. 1993. ISBN 1854371142
- Picasso and Braque: A Symposium. Harry N Abrams Inc. October 1, 1992. ISBN 0810961172
- Guillermo Kuitca. Newport Harbor Art Museum. 1992.
- Products and Promotion: Art, Advertising and the American Dream. SF Camerawork. 1986.
- Art is Art and Everything Else is Everything Else. Fundacion Juan March. March 15, 2022. ISBN 9788470756689
References
[edit]- ^ "Lynn Zelevansky, director of Carnegie Museum of Art, is stepping down". Post-gazette.com.
- ^ ""Awareness Seems to Happen in Waves" – Art Agency, Partners". Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ Smith, Roberta (24 June 1994). "Review/Art; Space Is Spare for Women's Work at the Modern". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Carnegie director Lynn Zelevansky works on her balancing act". Triblive.com. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Lynn Zelevansky Named The Henry J. Heinz II Director of Carnegie Museum of Art". Artdaily.com. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Archives". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ a b "The Museum of Modern Art : Lynn Zelevansky" (PDF). Moma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "The Museum of Modern Art : PUBLISHES PICASSO AND BRAQUE: A SYMPOSIUM" (PDF). Moma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "The Museum of Modern Art : PUBLISHES FIRST ISSUE OF STUDIES IN MODERN ART" (PDF). Moma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "The Museum of Modern Art : Vito Acconci, public places" (PDF). Moma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "The Museum of Modern Art : Robert Ryman" (PDF). Moma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Johanna Drucker. "Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties." Third Text. Summer. 1994. pp. 103–107.
- ^ "MoMA Conwill exhibition brochure" (PDF). Moma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "MoMA Meireles exhibition brochure" (PDF). Moma.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Lawrence Wechsler. "Cries from the Wilderness.' Art News. Summer 1990.
- ^ MoMA Kuitca brochure, Moma.org
- ^ MoMA Lafont brochure, Moma.org
- ^ MoMA Orozco brochure, Moma.org
- ^ Judith Michaelson. "Morning Report." Los Angeles Times. September 8, 1995.
- ^ Sabrina Rojas Weiss. 'TC Symposium Celebrates Female Artistic Progress'. Columbia Spectator February 3, 1997. p. 8
- ^ Thomas, M. "Lynn Zelevansky, director of Carnegie Museum of Art, is stepping down". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ "Artforum.com". Artforum.com. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Kusama 1958–1968 catalog, Eastofborneo.org
- ^ "Robert Therrien – Bio | The Broad". Thebroad.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "An Artistic Revolution: Diego Rivera | PBS NewsHour". PBS. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Review: 'Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea' at LACMA". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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- ^ [2] [dead link]
- ^ "Structures and Systems (Getty Press Release)". Archived from the original on 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ Cotter, Holland (2010-10-21). "Paul Thek Retrospective at the Whitney Museum". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "Cocaine Art, Eden and Sex at MoMA". Pastemagazine.com. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Smith, Roberta (10 October 2013). "Global Extravaganza, but on a Human Scale The Carnegie International Keeps Its Survey Small". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
