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29.06.2010
JAMES CRUMP NAMED CHIEF CURATOR OF CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM
Cincinnati Art museum director Aaron Betsky announced June 17 the promotion of James Crump, Curator and Department Head of Photography since August 2008, to chief curator. In his new role he will manage and build the Art Museum’s collection of photography, foster new and interdisciplinary approaches to presenting and interpreting the collection, and collaborate with other museums and institutions to develop a program of special exhibitionsto oversee the activities of the museum’s curatorial division.
Throughout his career Crump has collaborated with several museums and galleries, including the International Center of Photography and The Drawing Center in New York. He has also worked with a variety of artists, including Ross Bleckner, Lynn Davis, Adam Fuss, and the estates of Willem De Kooning, Garry Winogrand, and Walker Evans. Crump’s work has been widely published, most recently in Archives of American Art Journal for the Smithsonian Museum, Art Review, Art in America, Print, and History of Photography. Dr. Crump has published, edited, and contributed to nearly 100 titles, including Albert Watson (2007), F. Holland Day: Suffering the Ideal (1995), Vik Muniz: Seeing is Believing (1998), and Garry Winogrand: 1964 (2002).
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