Assistant Curator and Provenance Specialist
Department: Paintings

Current MIA Projects

• Developing a proposed exhibition on German Expressionism in Midwest collections.
• Producing an online exhibition, “Jean Clouet and the Birth of the Portrait Miniature,” exploring the historical context behind the MIA's Portrait of Princess Charlotte of France.
• Coordinating the cataloguing of the MIA permanent collection of paintings.
• Project manager, WWII provenance research of the permanent collection

Education

• MA, University of St. Thomas
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• BA, College of St. Catherine

Background/Work History

Minneapolis Institute of Arts since 2000

Specialty/Area of Interest

Nordic art history, early 20th-century European art, Group of Seven (Canada), Symbolism, Nazi-Era provenance issues, and the history and aesthetics of collecting art

Honors and Professional Associations

CAA, AAM, SASS, AAMC

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

• “The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy,” 2011
• “Alexander Roslin and the Comtesse d’Egmont Pignatelli,” 2008
• “Calling a Bluff: Ter Brugghen’s The Gamblers,” 2008
• “A Mirror of Nature: Nordic Landscape Painting 1840–1910,” 2007
• “Cupid and Psyche: Neoclassical Visions of Love,” 2006
• “Restoring a Masterwork II: Guercino’s Erminia and the Shepherds,” 2004
• World War II provenance research

Publications

• “Edvard Munch's Tragedy," Edvard Munch: Mystery Behind the Canvas, (Bremen: 2011)
• “A French Countess and a Swedish King,” Alexander Roslin and the Comtesse d’Egmont Pignatelli (Minneapolis: 2008)
• “Studie zu Improvisation 5: Die andere Seite der Geschichte,” Wassily Kandinsky: Portrait of a Painting (Munich: 2005)

Contact

(612) 870-3111
(department phone)

July 2012