William S. Rubin | |
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| Born | William Stanley Rubin August 11, 1927 |
| Died | January 22, 2006 (aged 78) Pound Ridge, New York, United States |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Art curator |
| Employer | The Museum of Modern Art |
| Spouse | Phyllis Hattis [widow] |
| Children | Beatrice Rubin |
William Stanley Rubin (August 11, 1927 – January 22, 2006) was an American art scholar, a distinguished curator, critic, collector, art historian and teacher of modern art.
From 1968 to 1988, Rubin was a curator at The Museum of Modern Art located in New York City and, from 1973 to 1988, he served as director of the Painting and Sculpture Department. He played a key role in building MoMA's collection, in particular acquiring work of abstract expressionism, and organized many groundbreaking exhibitions (see below). His younger brother Lawrence Rubin (1933-2018) was an art dealer in NYC and in Europe.[1]