Biographies
Biographies of our general trustees and executive officers are available here.
Current Gallery Curators
Nancy Kay Anderson
Curator and head, department of American and British paintings
Charles Brock
Associate curator, department of American and British paintings
Philip Brookman
Consulting curator in the department of photographs
Sarah Cash
Associate curator, department of American and British paintings
Lynne Cooke
Senior curator, department of modern and contemporary art
Harry Cooper
Bunny Mellon Curator of Modern Art
John K. Delaney
Senior imaging scientist
C. D. Dickerson III
Senior curator of European and American art
Molly Donovan
Curator of contemporary art, acting head of modern and contemporary art
Adam Greenhalgh
Associate curator
Sarah Greenough
Senior curator and head, department of photographs
Rena M. Hoisington
Curator and head, department of old master prints
Amy R. Johnston
Assistant curator of collections
Kimberly A. Jones
Curator of nineteenth-century French paintings
Franklin Kelly
Christiane Ellis Valone curator of American paintings
Alison Luchs
Curator of early European sculpture
Mary Morton
Curator and head of French paintings
Andrea Nelson
Associate curator, department of photographs
Eve Straussman-Pflanzer
Curator and head of Italian and Spanish paintings
Stacey Sell
Associate curator, department of old master drawings
Former Gallery Curators
Jonathan Bober
Senior curator of prints and drawings (2011–2023)
Judith Brodie
Curator and head of American and modern prints and drawings (1987–2018)
David Alan Brown
Curator of Italian painting (1974–2019)
Philip Conisbee (1946–2008)
Senior curator of European paintings (1994–2008)
Elizabeth Cropper
Dean of Center for Advance Study in the Visual Arts (2000–2020)
Leah Dickerman
Associate curator of modern and contemporary art (2001–2008)
Ruth Fine
Curator, special projects in modern art (1976–2012)
Margaret Morgan Grasselli
Curator of Old Master drawing (1984–2020)
John Oliver Hand
Curator of Northern Renaissance painting (1973–2019)
Gretchen Hirschauer
Curator of Italian and Spanish paintings (1978-2023)
Ann Hoenigswald
Senior conservator of painting (1977–2018)
Gregory Jecmen
Associate curator of Old Master prints and print room supervisor (1987–2018)
Sarah Kennel
Assistant curator, department of photographs (2004–2015)
Eleonora Luciano (1963–2017)
Assistant curator of sculpture (2007–2017)
Carlotta J. Owens
Associate curator of modern prints and drawings (1976–2019)
Guest Curators and Associates
Ann Dumas
Curator, Royal Academy of Arts
Consultant curator of European art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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