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'''Dr. Michael R. Taylor''' |
'''Dr. Michael R. Taylor''' is a curator, author, and expert in modern and contemporary art with a focus on Dada, Surrealism, and the work of [[Marcel Duchamp]]. With a Ph.D in Art History from the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]] in London, he was a Curator of Modern Art at the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] from 1997 until 2011,<ref>http://www.philamuseum.org/press/releases/2004/391.html</ref> and Director of the [[Hood Museum of Art]] at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from 2011 until 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/about/staff.html |title=Staff |publisher=Hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05}}</ref> In May 2015, the [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]] announced its appointment of Dr. Taylor as Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education.<ref>https://vmfa.museum/pressroom/news/michael-taylor-appointed-chief-curator-and-deputy-director-for-art-and-education-of-the-virginia-museum-of-fine-arts/</ref> |
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==Selected bibliography== |
==Selected bibliography== |
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| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (MA) Courtauld Institute of Art, London (MA) Courtauld Institute of Art, London (PhD) |
Dr. Michael R. Taylor is a curator, author, and expert in modern and contemporary art with a focus on Dada, Surrealism, and the work of Marcel Duchamp. With a Ph.D in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, he was a Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1997 until 2011,[1] and Director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from 2011 until 2015[2] In May 2015, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced its appointment of Dr. Taylor as Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education.[3]
Selected bibliography
- Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés, New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009.
- Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009.
- Thomas Chimes: Adventures in 'Pataphysics', Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007.
- Co-Author (with Dawn Ades), Salvador Dalí: The Centennial Retrospective, Milan: Bompiani, and New York: Rizzoli, 2004.
- Jacques Lipchitz and Philadelphia, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum Bulletin series, 2004.
- Giorgio de Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, and London: Merrell Publishers, 2002.
- Co-author (with Ann Temkin and Susan Rosenberg), Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000.