Thelma Golden
American art museum curator (born 1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thelma Golden (born 1965 in St. Albans, Queens[1]) is an American art curator, who is the Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, United States.[2] She is noted as one of the originators of the term post-blackness.[3] From 2017 to 2020, ArtReview chose her annually as one of the 10 most influential people in the contemporary art world.[4]
Thelma Golden | |
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Born | September 22, 1965 (1965-09-22) (age 58) |
Alma mater | Smith College |
Occupation(s) | Museum director and chief curator |
Years active | 1987 (1987)–present |
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From 1991 to 1998, Golden was a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she gained a reputation for promoting young black conceptual artists. In her 1993 biennial and her 1994 exhibition Black Male, she introduced political and controversial works into the Whitney's collection.[5] Golden joined the Studio Museum as Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs in 2000 before succeeding Lowery Stokes Sims, the museum's former director and president, in 2005.