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Lauren Haynes is an American art curator who currently serves as curator of contemporary art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and curator of visual arts at the Momentary.

Haynes was born in Tennessee, then moved to the Bronx when she was about twelve years old.[1] She studied at Oberlin College, where she received a bachelor's degree in art history.[2] Beginning in 2006, she served as an associate curator of the permanent collection at the Studio Museum in Harlem. There, she specialized in contemporary African-American art and curated dozens of exhibitions both at the Studio Museum and at other institutions in New York City. She also authored several exhibition catalogs and catalog essays for the museum's exhibitions.[3]

In October 2016, Haynes became the curator of contemporary art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the curator of visual arts at the Momentary. Exhibitions she has curated at Crystal Bridges include The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art (2018), State of the Art (2019), Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today (2019), as well as the Focus section of the 2019 Armory Show.[4][5] With independent curator Teka Selman, she is to co-curate the inaugural edition of the Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art in 2021, which will be exhibited in museums, universities, and art spaces across Tennessee in Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Culture Talk: Curator Lauren Haynes on Bringing the Colorful, Abstract Paintings of Alma Thomas to Harlem's Studio Museum". Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Gill, Todd (August 17, 2016). "Lauren Haynes joins Crystal Bridges as curator of contemporary art". Fayetteville Flyer. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lauren Haynes Joins Crystal Bridges Museum as Curator of Contemporary Art". Artforum. August 16, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Selvin, Claire (June 13, 2019). "Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art Names Curators for Inaugural Edition". ARTnews. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Lauren Haynes - CCL Class of 2018". Center for Curatorial Leadership. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
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