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Elizabeth A. T. Smith
Art historian
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    • Elizabeth A. T. Smith (born 1958) is an American art historian,

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the executive director, curatorial affairs, at the Art Gallery of Ontario. She is the author of numerous books on art and architecture,[2] including Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses[3][4]; Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective,[5] Helen Frankenthaler: Composing with Color, 1962–63,[6] and many others.[7][8]

    Biography

    Elizabeth Smith joined the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation as its first executive director in fall 2013.[9][10]

    Her previous position as executive director, curatorial affairs at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto was from 2010 to 2013,[11] and her position as Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Programs at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) was from 1999 to 2009.[12][13] Prior to joining MCA, her position as Curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles was from 1983 to 1999.

    Smith's curatorial work and writings have spread extensively across many areas, including visual art, public art, and architecture from mid-20th century forward, and have continuously advanced the work of many women artists. While at AGO, Smith curated and oversaw exhibitions on the work of artists Yael Bartana[14] and Kim Adams,[15] as well as group shows with artists including LaToya Ruby Frazier and Erin Shirreff, and was curator-in-charge of traveling exhibitions such as Abstract Expressionist New York,[16] Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde,[17] and Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée Picasso.[18]

    As MCA's Chief Curator, Smith curated solo exhibitions of artists

    Coop Himmelblau.[38]

    Besides her exhibition catalogues, Smith's writings have appeared in such publications as

    Rizzoli International Publications in 2014. Her essay on Helen Frankenthaler's use of color was published in a special issue on color in the journal PUBLIC,[47] in October 2015, her text on five sculptors of the 1950s appears in the book "Revolution in the making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947–2016,"[48][49] and she is the lead essayist in the 2021 book Catherine Opie,[50] published by Phaidon Press
    .

    Smith received her B.A. from Barnard College and her M.A. in Art History at Columbia University in New York City. She was adjunct professor in the Public Art Studies[51] program of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Museum Term Program at Bennington College. She has received awards and honors from the Getty Foundation, the International Association of Art Critics, the Chicago Tribune, and others. Smith served a six-year term on the Board of Trustees of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago[52] and was a 2012 Fellow of the Center for Curatorial Leadership[53] in New York. In 2021 she was awarded by the government of France the insignia of Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for helping American audiences connect with French artists across decades.[54] She has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC),[55] and ArtTable, a leadership organization for women in the arts.[56]

    In 2004 Smith won the "Best Monographic Museum Show Nationally" award from the Art Critics Association/USA for her exhibition Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective,[57] and her catalogue for the exhibition was described by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, as "one of the best-selling in the museum's history."[58]

    References

    1. ^ Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
    2. ^ Elizabeth A.T. Smith's Books
    3. ^ Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses
    4. ^ Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses
    5. ^ Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective
    6. ^ Helen Frankenthaler: Composing: Paintings 1962–1963
    7. ^ Elizabeth A.T. Smith's Books
    8. ^ Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Author
    9. ^ Elizabeth Smith, named the first Executive Director of the New York-based Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in 2013
    10. ^ Helen Frankenthaler Foundation announces appointment of Elizabeth Smith as Executive Director
    11. ^ Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Executive Director of Curatorial Affairs, Art Gallery of Ontario
    12. ^ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Announces Departure of Elizabeth Smith
    13. ^ "A short note on Elizabeth Smith's MCA departure"
    14. ^ Yael Bartana: ...And Europe Will Be Stunned
    15. ^ AGO unveils playful new works by Kim Adams
    16. ^ Abstract Expressionist New York, interview with Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    17. ^ Curators Elizabeth Smith and Angela Lampe discuss Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde
    18. ^ Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris
    19. ^ Jenny Holzer: PROTECT, PROTECT
    20. ^ Catalogue: Jenny Holzer, with essays by Elizabeth A. T. Smith and Joan Simon
    21. ^ Essay on the exhibition, by Collette Chattopadhyay
    22. ^ Kerry James Marshall: One True Thing, Meditations on Black Aesthetics, curated by Elizabeth A. T. Smith Archived September 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
    23. ^ Matta in America: Decade of Creativity Leaves a Lasting Mark, review of exhibition curated by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    24. ^ Description of Elizabeth A. T. Smith's project and exhibition of Catherine Opie's work, in 2006 Archived September 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
    25. ^ Sustainable Architecture in Chicago: Works in Progress, curated by Elizabeth A. T. Smith Archived September 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
    26. ^ "Garofalo Architects: Between the Museum and the City," curated by Elizabeth A. T. Smith Archived September 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
    27. ^ Video, Elizabeth A. T. Smith discussing her exhibition Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses
    28. ^ Elizabeth A. T. Smith MCA biography
    29. ^ The Architecture of R.M. Schindler, organized by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    30. ^ Schindler Drawings, Architecture Shown
    31. ^ [1] The architecture of R.M. Schindler
    32. ^ Press release for Cindy Sherman exhibition at Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    33. ^ Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    34. ^ Uta Barth Focus Series, by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    35. ^ Toba Khedoori, with essay by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    36. ^ Catherine Opie, published by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
    37. ^ Margaret Honda: Recto Verso, with text by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    38. ^ Focus Series exhibition Paradise cage, Kiki Smith and Coop Himmelb(l)au, by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    39. ^ Do Ho-Suh Drawings
    40. ^ Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe
    41. ^ Design Cities 1851–2008, catalogue.
    42. ^ Birth of the Cool
    43. ^ 54th Carnegie International', catalogue
    44. ^ Techno Architecture
    45. ^ Case Study Houses, by Elizabeth A. T. Smith
    46. ^ Composing with Color: Paintings 1962–1963
    47. ^ PUBLIC – Art | Culture | Ideas
    48. ^ Revolution in the making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016
    49. ^ Published by SKIRA for Hauser Wirth & Schimmel
    50. ^ Catherine Opie 2021 [2]
    51. ^ Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere, USC Roski School of Art and Design Archived August 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
    52. ^ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
    53. ^ The Center for Curatorial Leadership
    54. ^ France Honors Elizabeth Smith
    55. ^ Association of Art Museum Curators
    56. ^ ArtTable
    57. ^ See: Four L.A. exhibitions top critics' awards, Los Angeles Times, Dec 17, 2004
    58. ^ See: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago's Annual Report, July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004.

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