Ann Philbin

Ann Philbin is an American museum director. Since 1999, she has been director of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles; before this she was the director of the Drawing Center in New York City.

Philbin received her BA in art history from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, in 1976[1] and her MA in museum studies/arts administration from New York University.

After Henry Hopkins retired in 1998, Philbin was appointed director of the Hammer Museum in 1999.[2] Philbin oversees a complex group of art holdings, including collections amassed by Armand Hammer and UCLA's Murphy Sculpture Garden and Grunwald Center, a 45,000-piece graphic arts trove. The newest addition is a rapidly growing collection of contemporary art with 1,000 pieces in place, strongest in works on paper and Southern California art.[3]

From 2005 to 2012, Philbin was ranked in ArtReview's Power 100.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "'The biggest lesson was to question authority' — Ann Philbin '76". UNH Magazine online. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Suzanne Muchnic (18 October 2009). "The Hammer Museum's striking rise". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ann Philbin". ArtReview. Retrieved 10 January 2016.


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