Dorothy Kosinski

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Dorothy M. Kosinski is an American scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century art, curator and the former director (2008--2023) of The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D. C.

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Kosinski was born in Meriden, Connecticut, into a Catholic family [1] and grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, and got her BA from Yale University and her MA and PhD degrees from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts. [2] After being an intern and curatorial assistant at the Guggenheim Museum, she became a curator for the Bruce Museum [3] in Greenwich, Connecticut, and, from 1985 to 1997, [4] for the private collection of cubist art left by Douglas Cooper [5] in Basel, Switzerland. [6] From 1995 to 2008, she worked at the Dallas Museum of Art, where she worked in different capacities before she eventually [4] became senior curator of painting and sculpture, then was appointed director at The Phillips Collection, [5] where she succeed Jay Gates. [7] She was also an independent curator for the National Gallery in Prague, [4] the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, [8] the Kunstmuseum Basel, [4] and the Royal Academy of Arts. [5] Her experience amounts to over 30 exhibitions. [9]

Kosinski has published on artists including Gustave Courbet, [10] Henri Matisse, [11] and Vincent van Gogh [12] and on various topics in nineteenth and twentieth-century art. [13] Her book "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor" was among "The best books of 2007" listed by the Financial Times. [14] In total, Kosinski can look back on over 35 publications. [15] As an expert of nineteenth and twentieth-century art Kosinski has been quoted by the New York Times [16] [17] and the Washington Post. [18] [19]

President Obama appointed her in 2012 to the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory council to the National Endowment for the Humanities. [20] In December 2017 Kosinski was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy for her "outstanding contributions to the arts and promotion of Italian culture". [21]

She is a member of the US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture. [6] She is also director of the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation [22] and of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, as well as a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. [4]

Kosinski is married to the Swiss-born architect Thomas Krahenbuhl. They have one daughter. [1]

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  2. ↑ Boyle, Katherine (2014-02-28). "Who's who: The women leading top Washington-area museums". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  3. ↑ Charles, Eleanor (20 January 1985). "CONNECTICUT GUIDE". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dorothy Kosinski". National Endowment for the Humanities. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  5. 1 2 3 Trescott, Jacqueline (5 December 2007). "Phillips Collection Taps Dallas Curator To Succeed Director". The Washington Post . Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Dorothy Kosinski". US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Times, The New York (6 December 2007). "Museum Leaders Named". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  8. ↑ "Administration". www.phillipscollection.org. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
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  12. ↑ "Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  13. ↑ Rubell, Mera (18 May 2010). "The Phillips' Female Force". Washington Life Magazine . Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "The best books of 2007". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
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  17. ↑ Cohen, Patricia (10 January 2015). "Writing Off the Warhol Next Door". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
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  19. ↑ "Left at altar by Corcoran, University of Maryland has new partner in the arts". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  20. ↑ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". White House Office of the Press Secretary. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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