Thelma Golden

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Thelma Golden
BornSeptember 22, 1965 (1965-09-22) (age 58)
Queens, New York
Alma materSmith College
Occupation(s)Museum director and chief curator
Years active1987 (1987)–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​

Thelma Golden (born 1965 in St. Albans, Queens[1]) is an American art curator, who is the Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, United States.[2] She is noted as one of the originators of the term post-blackness.[3] From 2017 to 2020, ArtReview chose her annually as one of the 10 most influential people in the contemporary art world.[4]

From 1991 to 1998, Golden was a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she gained a reputation for promoting young black conceptual artists. In her 1993 biennial and her 1994 exhibition Black Male, she introduced political and controversial works into the Whitney's collection.[5] Golden joined the Studio Museum as Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs in 2000 before succeeding Lowery Stokes Sims, the museum's former director and president, in 2005.

  1. ^ Smith, Jennifer (July 17, 2015). "Thelma Golden: Steering the Studio Museum Ahead". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Biography: Thelma Golden, Frieze Foundation Archived August 1, 2012, at archive.today, USA.
  3. ^ Taylor, Paul C. "Post-Black, Old Black." African American Review 41.4 (2007): 625-640.
  4. ^ "Thelma Golden". ArtReview. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
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