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curator

[kyoo-rey-ter, kyoor-ey-, kyoor-uh-ter] / kjʊˈreɪ tər, ˈkjʊər eɪ-, ˈkjʊər ə tər /
NOUN
caretaker of collection
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“You can really see the impact she had on them,” said Kellie Jones, a scholar and independent curator who organized “Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980” at the Hammer Museum in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Every 18 months or so some curator seems to “rediscover” the Chicago Imagists.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The idea for the exhibition was first discussed back in 2019 and work on it officially began in late 2022, Academy Museum associate curator Sophia Serrano told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Organized and arranged thematically by Renée Dreyfus, the museum’s curator of Ancient Art, it will be on view through Sept. 20.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Then she was introduced to Mr. Field, the curator of Living History.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

"It's a daunting task," said Abeer Saha, who was one of a handful of curators tasked with choosing from 150 million objects across the Smithsonian -- which runs more than 20 museums and galleries.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Finalists were paid to develop proposals that were judged by a panel of art professionals including curators from the museums along Miracle Mile.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

She also became a major force behind a generation of museum curators who have systematically changed who and how institutions across the country collect.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

“They realized they had to have some way to communicate what that stuff was,” said Neal Hurst, one of the curators of the new exhibition.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

I envisioned the finicky curators coming to my door and begging me to hold another show at the Louvre or the Metropolitan.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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