Katherine Elizabeth Fleming

This article is about the academic and CEO. For the American actress, voice actress, artist, and singer, see Kate Fleming. For other people, see Katherine Fleming (disambiguation).
Katherine Elizabeth Fleming at the Getty Museum in 2023

Katherine Elizabeth Fleming is President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization in the Department of History at New York University (NYU) as well as Provost Emerita of the university.[1] She was Provost of NYU from 2016 to 2022. She has been President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust since August 1, 2022, an appointment with which she became "effectively...the most powerful woman in the US museum world."[2] A profile in the French newsweekly Le Point dubbed her "the most powerful woman in the world of art," [3] while Émilie Lanez of the French newspaper L'Express has called her "the most powerful woman in American culture." [4] She was included in the Observer's 2023 Business of Art Power List.[5] Since arriving at the Getty, she has shown an interest in new models for the ownership of art, [6] a theme on which she has spoken publicly, [7] and has moved to further Getty's commitments to the Southern California art community.[8] The Getty's innovative joint acquisition (with the National Portrait Gallery of London) of "Portrait of Mai (Omai)" by Sir Joshua Reynolds, which took place in Fleming's first year at the helm of the Getty, was announced as "Acquisition of the Year" for 2023 by Apollo Magazine.[9]

  1. ^ "Katherine E. Fleming". as.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  2. ^ "New York University provost Katherine Fleming will be the Getty Trust's Next Leader". 5 April 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. ^ "Katherine Fleming, la femme la plus puissante du monde de l'art". Le Point. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  4. ^ ""'Rachida Dati ? Il la fera réussir'" : Gaëtan Bruel, le discret mais puissant 'dircab' de la Culture"". 26 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  5. ^ "The Most Influential People in the Art World Today". The New York Observer. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  6. ^ Marshall, Alex (31 March 2023). "Getty and London's National Portrait Gallery to Jointly Buy a Masterpiece". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  7. ^ Dr. Katherine E. Fleming and Dr. Thomas Kaplan (2024-02-23). Emerging Art Trends with Dr. Katherine E. Fleming and Dr. Thomas Kaplan. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  8. ^ "Getty invests more than $17m in 2024's art and science-themed Pacific Standard Time". Los Angeles Times. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  9. ^ "Apollo Awards 2023 Acquisition of the Year". 22 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.