Annette Blaugrund has
published and lectured widely on diverse subjects in
American art and culture. She was formerly the director of
the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
(1997-2007), overseeing exhibitions, publications,
and educational programs. A former curator, she has worked
at the Brooklyn Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, and the
New-York Historical Society where she wrote
six books about American art,
and contributed seven chapters and 29 articles to other
books.
For her accomplishments she
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National
Academy in 2008, and was named a Chevalier in the Order of
Arts and Letters by the French government in 1992, among
other honors.
Dr. Blaugrund currently
sits on several boards, juries exhibitions, writes essays
for museum and university catalogues, and consults with
museums and foundations across the country. She holds a
Ph.D. in art history from Columbia University (1987) where
for six years she taught American art and culture
(1996-2001) and sits on the Advisory Council of the Art
History department. Currently, she is heading mentoring
sessions for Columbia art history graduate students and is
the author of a new biography released in Spring 2011. |