NEW CHIEF CURATOR OF THE GUGGENHEIM NEW YORK
Naomi Beckwith was announced as the museum's new deputy director and chief curator.
The Guggenheim Museum of New York announced on January 14 of this year Naomi Beckwith as deputy director and chief curator.
In her new assignment at the Guggenheim, the brand new curator will oversee collections, exhibitions, publications and curatorial programs and archives of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and present a leadership strategy for the international network of museums affiliated with the Solomon R. Guggenheim.
Beckwith comes from standing out as a Senior Curator at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, where she has served as a curator since 2011. During her ten-year tenure at the MCA, she curated and co-curated exhibits such as Howardena Pindell: What Remains to Be Seen ( 2018), The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now (2015) and Homebodies (2013), among others.
The previous year, Beckwith acted as a jury for the Hugo Boss Prize 2020, administered by the Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum and, in turn, was a member of the curatorial team for the Grief and Grievance: Art and Duel in America award, an exhibition conceived by the late curator Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019) for the New Museum.
“We warmly welcome Naomi. His experience will be invaluable in advancing and expanding an inclusive range of perspectives within the Guggenheim collection and culture. We look forward to working with her to develop avenues for new research and programming, and to create powerful and meaningful ways to deepen our engagement with modern and contemporary art, " said director Richard Armstrong after introducing her.
Naomi Becwith's performances at the Guggenheim will begin in early June 2021.
Beckwith joins the Guggenheim after the resignation of curator Nancy Spector last October 2020 following allegations against her of toxic practices at the museum.
