Elizabeth Armstrong (curator)

Elizabeth Neilson Armstrong
Born
Winchester, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California Berkeley, Hampshire College
Known forContemporary art curation, art historical writing, museum leadership
AwardsNational Endowment for the Arts, Andy Warhol Foundation, Center for Curatorial Leadership

Elizabeth Armstrong is an American curator of contemporary and modern art.[1][2][3] Beginning in the late 1980s, she served in chief curatorial and leadership roles at the Walker Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Palm Springs Art Museum.[4][5][6] She has organized numerous touring exhibitions and catalogues that gained national and international attention; among the best known are: "In the Spirit of Fluxus" (Walker, 1993), "Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art" (San Diego, 2000),[7] and "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury" (OCMA, 2007).[8] She is also known for organizing three California Biennials (2002–6)[9][10][11] and notable exhibitions of David Reed and Mary Heilmann (the artist's first retrospective).[7][12] Armstrong's curatorial work and publications have been recognized by the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Center for Curatorial Leadership, the Getty Foundation Pacific Standard Time project and the National Endowment for the Arts, among other organizations.[13][14][15][16]

  1. ^ Smith, Roberta. "Jasper Johns, Incessant Recycler of Images," The New York Times, July 29, 1990, Sect. 2, p. 29. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Mahal, Jennifer K. "Q&A—The art of putting it together, Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2002. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Knight, Christopher. "Smack in the middle," Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Letran, Vivian. "Curator Armstrong Is Named as Acting Director of OCMA," Los Angeles Times, November 13, 2001. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Spayde, Jon. "New art meets old masters: a conversation with MIA curator Elizabeth Armstrong," Minn Post, October 11, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Ng, David. "Palm Springs Art Museum names Elizabeth Armstrong as new director," Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Schwabsky, Barry. "David Reed: Paintings," Artforum, September 1998. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  8. ^ Johnson, Ken. "Store in a cool, fertile place: 1950s California," The New York Times, March 21, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  9. ^ Pagel, David. "'California Biennial' Is on the Right Laugh Track," Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2002. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  10. ^ Helfand, Glen. "2004 California Biennial," Artforum, 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  11. ^ Bedford, Christopher "2006 California Biennial," Artforum, September 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  12. ^ Knight, Christopher. "Life of the abstractionist party," Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  13. ^ Artforum. "Andy Warhol Foundation Announces 2009–2010 Curatorial Research Fellows," News, July 1, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  14. ^ Center for Curatorial Leadership. " CCL Announces Selection of First Fellows for 2008," News, October 2, 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  15. ^ Palm Springs Life. "Palm Springs Art Museum Presents Ground-Breaking Exhibitions," November 10, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  16. ^ National Endowment for the Arts. 1989 Annual Report, p. 127.