Ann Goldstein (curator)
| Ann Goldstein | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1957 (age 58–59) Los Angeles, United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Curator, museum director, artistic director |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Williams |
Ann Goldstein (1957) is the former curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and former museum director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[1][2]
Life and work
Goldstein was born in 1957 in Los Angeles, California, United States. She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she got her Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art.[3]
Goldstein worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles from 1983 to 2009. She was the senior curator from 2001 onwards. Her expertise was minimal and conceptual art of the 1960–70s and current practices.[3]
From 2010 until 2012, she was the museum director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, a museum of modern art, contemporary art, and design in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[4] Her first two and a half years at the Stedelijk, the museum was closed for renovation (since 2003), until it reopened for the general public in September 2012.[2] In 2013, she was the artistic director of the museum alongside Karin van Gilst as managing director, until Goldstein resigned and left the museum on 1 December 2013.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Organization: Directors: Ann Goldstein Archived November 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved on 2012-09-27.
- 1 2 Nina Siegal, Restoring a Long-Missing Dutch Reference Point, The New York Times, 2012. Retrieved on 2012-09-27.
- 1 2 Ann Goldstein appointed new director at Stedelijk Museum, Metropolis M, 2009. Retrieved on 2012-09-29.
- ↑ Suzanne Muchnic, MOCA curator Ann Goldstein to lead Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum, Los Angeles Times, 2009. Retrieved on 2012-10-14.
- ↑ (Dutch) Stedelijk heeft nieuwe algemeen directeur, Metropolis M, 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-24.
- ↑ Ann Goldstein resigns as director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam as of december 1st 2013 (press release), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2013. Retrieved on 2013-08-28.