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Ann Temkin (born December 26, 1959) is the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
'''Ann Temkin''' (born December 26, 1959)<ref name=FamilySearch-CTMarriage-1998>{{cite web|title=Ann Temkin - Connecticut Marriage Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWYM-FLW|website=[[FamilySearch]]|date=27 December 1998}}</ref> is an American art curator, and currently the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the [[Museum of Modern Art in New York]].<ref name=NYTimes-MoMA-Curator-2008>{{cite news|last=Vogel|first=Carol|title=MoMA Picks One of Its Own for Curator|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/arts/design/03muse.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MoMA Communications Bio|url=http://press.moma.org/wp-content/files_mf/3_temkin_curatorbio.pdf|publisher=Museum of Modern Art Communications Department|access-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114105824/http://press.moma.org/wp-content/files_mf/3_temkin_curatorbio.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ArtDaily News Release|url=http://artdaily.com/news/25908/Ann-Temkin-Appointed-Chief-Curator-of-Painting-and-Sculpture-at-the-Museum-of-Modern-Art#.Uu1e0a6vfe4|publisher=ArtDaily|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Temkin was born in [[Torrington, Connecticut|Torrington]], [[Connecticut]], to father Dr. Abraham Temkin, a dentist, and mother Joann Temkin (née Bernstein).<ref name=HartfordCourant-Mother-Obit-2015>{{cite news|title=Joann Temkin: 1928 - 2015|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?pid=174977194|work=[[Hartford Courant]]|date=29 May 2015}}</ref>
Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Temkin is the daughter of Dr. Abraham Temkin and Joann Temkin (née Bernstein). She earned her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University in 1991.

In 1981, Temkin received an undergraduate degree from [[Harvard University]]. In 1984, she received a Ph.D in art history from [[Yale University]].<ref name=NYTimes-MoMA-Curator-2008 /><ref>{{cite web|title=Ann Temkin|url=https://www.moma.org/about/senior_staff/ann_temkin|website=MoMA Senior Staff|access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Temkin began her career as a Curatorial Assistant in MoMA's Department of Painting and Sculpture. She then joined the Philadelphia Museum of Art, first as Assistant Curator and then the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Twentieth Century Art. Her exhibitions included, among others, "Thinking Is Form: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys" (1994), "Constantin Brancusi" (1995), "Alice Neel" (2001), and "Barnett Newman" (2002). Temkin commissioned new works by artists such as Sherrie Levine, Richard Hamilton, and Gabriel Orozco for the "Museum Studies" series.
After completing her doctorate Temkin became an assistant curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]] in 1984. In 1987 she began working at the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] under director [[Anne d'Harnoncourt]]. After spending a year as Acting Curator, Temkin was named the [[Philip and Muriel Berman|Muriel and Philip Berman]] Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-04-13/news/25920421_1_20th-century-art-ann-temkin-independent-curator|title=In Charge Of Art Museum's Modern Riches New Curator Ann Temkin Wants To|website=philly-archives|access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> There, she worked on exhibitions including: ''Barnett Newman'' (2002), ''Alice Neel'' (2001), ''Constantin Brancusi'' (1995), and ''Thinking Is Form: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys'' (1994). <ref name="MoMA {{!}} Ann Temkin">{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/about/senior_staff/ann_temkin|title=MoMA {{!}} Ann Temkin|website=www.moma.org|access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> She commissioned new work by artists like Sherrie Levine, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Richard Hamilton for her "Museum Studies" series, which she herself created.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://artdaily.com/news/25908/Ann-Temkin-Appointed-Chief-Curator-of-Painting-and-Sculpture-at-the-Museum-of-Modern-Art#.VttQKpMrJD0|title=Ann Temkin Appointed Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art|last=Villarreal|first=Ignacio|website=artdaily.com|access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> Temkin was also responsible for the renovation to the modern and contemporary galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.<ref name=":0" />


In 2003, she returned to MoMA and was named The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture. In 2008, Temkin became the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Upon assuming leadership of the department, Ms. Temkin initiated the reimagining of the Museum’s collection galleries, transforming them from medium-specific spaces into integrated presentations that are fluid rather than fixed, and offer multiple points of view rather than one canonical narrative. Ms. Temkin has also focused on reshaping the acquisitions program of the Painting and Sculpture Department, dramatically expanding the breadth of the collection.
In 2003, after working for 13 years at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ann Temkin returned to working in the painting and sculpture department at [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]]. Temkin was named the Marie Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture in 2008. She was the first woman to hold this position, considered the most prestigious in the field of modern art.<ref name=NYTimes-MoMA-ChiefCurator-2008>{{cite news|last1=Vogel|first1=Carol|title=MoMA Names Ann Temkin to Chief Curator's Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/arts/design/03muse.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 September 2008}}</ref>


Exhibitions that she has curated at MoMA include'': Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today (2008), Gabriel Orozco (2009), Abstract Expressionist New York (2010), Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store and Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing (2013), Ellsworth Kelly: Chatham Series (2013), Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New (2013), Jasper Johns: Regrets (2014), Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor (2014), Picasso Sculpture (2015), Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund (2018), Judd (2020), and Matisse: The Red Studio (2022).'' She is currently preparing a multi-authored anthology of essays about the first generation of women at MoMA''.''
As the Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture she was responsible for curating or co-curating exhibitions including: ''Picasso Sculpture'' (2015); ''Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor'' (2014), the artist's first American retrospective; ''Jasper Johns: Regrets'' (2014); ''Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New'' (2013); ''Ellsworth Kelly: Chatham Series'' (2013); ''Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store'' and ''Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing'' (2013); ''Abstract Expressionist New York'' (2010); ''Gabriel Orozco'' (2009); and ''Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today'' (2008).<ref name="MoMA {{!}} Ann Temkin"/> In August 2013, she delivered a lecture at Torrington's Five Points Gallery.<ref name="www.countytimes.com_2020_A">
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In order to address the lack of expertise in African American art at MoMA, Temkin hired African American art history specialist Darby English as consulting curator. He aims to expand MoMa's acquisitions in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2014/10/01/momas-new-curatorial-guard/|title=MoMA's New Curatorial Guard {{!}} ARTnews|website=www.artnews.com|date=October 2014 |access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> She is still MoMA's chief curator of painting and sculpture.<ref name="www.wsj.com_2020_L">
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Temkin is married to Wayne Hendrickson, a biophysicist at Columbia University. She has a daughter, Rachel, and two stepdaughters, Helen and Inga.
In 1998, Temkin married American biophysicist and University professor, [[Wayne Hendrickson]].<ref name=NYTimes-Wedding-1998>{{cite news|title=WEDDINGS; Ms. Temkin, Dr. Hendrickson|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/27/style/weddings-ms-temkin-dr-hendrickson.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=27 December 1998}}</ref>

== Works and publications ==
Temkin is the author or co-author of several books, including:
* Temkin, Ann. ''Thinking is Form: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys''. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1993.
* Garrels, Gary, Ann Temkin, Richard Flood, and Robert Gober. ''Robert Gober: Sculpture and Drawing''. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999.
* Temkin, Ann, ed. ''Alice Neel''. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000.
* Temkin, Ann. ''Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of Art''. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001.
* Temkin, Ann, ed. ''Barnett Newman''. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002.
* Brennan, Marcia, Alfred Pacquement, and Ann Temkin. ''A Modern Patronage: De Menil Gifts to American and European Museums''. New Haven: The Menil Collection - Yale University Press, 2007.
* Temkin, Ann, Anne Byrd, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Briony Fer, and Paulina Pobocha. ''Gabriel Orozco.'' New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009.
* Temkin, Ann. ''Claude Monet: Water Lilies (MoMA Artist Series)''. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009.
* Temkin, Ann. ''MoMA Masterpieces: Painting and Sculpture''. New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2009.
* Temkin, Ann. ''The Scream: Edvard Munch''. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2012.
* Temkin, Ann and Christophe Cherix. ''Jasper Johns: Regrets''. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2014.
* Temkin, Ann and Anne Umland, eds. ''Picasso Sculpture''. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2015.
* Tempkin, Ann, ed. ''Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art''. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2015.

== Awards ==
* 2010: [[Moore College of Art and Design]], Visionary Woman Awards<ref name=PhilaCultureAlliance-MooreAward-2010>{{cite web|url=https://www.philaculture.org/procalendar/2010/09/30/8659/2010-visionary-woman-awards|title=2010 Visionary Woman Awards honoring Wendy Ewald, Judith Leiber & Ann Temkin|website=Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance|date=30 September 2010}}</ref>
* 2012: [[New York University Institute of Fine Arts]], Honorary Fellowship<ref name=NYUInstituteofFineArts-Award-2012>{{cite news|title=Dr. Ann Temkin Receives the Second IFA Honorary Fellowship|url=https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/pdfs/press/Temkin_IFA.pdf|work=[[New York University Institute of Fine Arts]]|date=2012}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.moma.org/about/senior-staff/ann-temkin Ann Temkin] at [[Museum of Modern Art]]
* [https://www.moma.org/about/senior-staff/ann-temkin Ann Temkin] at [[Museum of Modern Art]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqySnbbyB2U Marcel Duchamp | HOW TO SEE "Readymades" with MoMA curator Ann Temkin]
* [https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/hannibal-buress-really-wants-touch-readymades-art Ann Temkin and Abbi Jacobson discuss Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel, A Piece of Work podcast, WNYC Studios/MoMA]


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Revision as of 20:56, 15 August 2023

Ann Temkin
Born
Ann T. Temkin

(1959-12-26)December 26, 1959
Torrington, Connecticut U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Yale University
OccupationMuseum curator

Ann Temkin (born December 26, 1959) is the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

Early life and education

Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Temkin is the daughter of Dr. Abraham Temkin and Joann Temkin (née Bernstein). She earned her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University in 1991.

Career

Temkin began her career as a Curatorial Assistant in MoMA's Department of Painting and Sculpture. She then joined the Philadelphia Museum of Art, first as Assistant Curator and then the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Twentieth Century Art. Her exhibitions included, among others, "Thinking Is Form: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys" (1994), "Constantin Brancusi" (1995), "Alice Neel" (2001), and "Barnett Newman" (2002). Temkin commissioned new works by artists such as Sherrie Levine, Richard Hamilton, and Gabriel Orozco for the "Museum Studies" series.

In 2003, she returned to MoMA and was named The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture. In 2008, Temkin became the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Upon assuming leadership of the department, Ms. Temkin initiated the reimagining of the Museum’s collection galleries, transforming them from medium-specific spaces into integrated presentations that are fluid rather than fixed, and offer multiple points of view rather than one canonical narrative. Ms. Temkin has also focused on reshaping the acquisitions program of the Painting and Sculpture Department, dramatically expanding the breadth of the collection.

Exhibitions that she has curated at MoMA include: Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today (2008), Gabriel Orozco (2009), Abstract Expressionist New York (2010), Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store and Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing (2013), Ellsworth Kelly: Chatham Series (2013), Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New (2013), Jasper Johns: Regrets (2014), Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor (2014), Picasso Sculpture (2015), Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund (2018), Judd (2020), and Matisse: The Red Studio (2022). She is currently preparing a multi-authored anthology of essays about the first generation of women at MoMA.

Personal life

Temkin is married to Wayne Hendrickson, a biophysicist at Columbia University. She has a daughter, Rachel, and two stepdaughters, Helen and Inga.

References

External links

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