Transforming Curatorial Practice
media release: The Department of Art History (in cooperation with the Chazen Museum of Art) has organized a panel of internationally renowned curators to discuss cutting-edge curatorial practice on Friday, February 7th, 4:30-6:00 at the Chazen Museum of Art.
The panelists are alumni of the Department of Art History. Dr. Marcela Guerrero (DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art) and Dr. Drew Sawyer (Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art) were recently named chief co-curators of the 2026 Whitney Biennial. Linde B. Lehtinen is Philip D. Nathanson Senior Curator of Photography at the Huntington Museum in Los Angeles.
Professor Jill Casid, Department of Art History, and Katherine Alcauskas, chief curator at the Chazen, will moderate the panel discussion, which will focus on innovative curatorial practices.
The panel is free and open to the public. Please RSVP if you plan to attend at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transforming-curatorial-practice-tickets-1154712047819 or by emailing jcmcarthy2@wisc.edu
The panel discussion is part of a series of events featuring distinguished alumni that the department is hosting in honor of its 100th anniversary. These events are generously supported by the Anonymous Fund, the Dean’s Office in the College of Letters & Science, and generous private donors.