Scott Rothkopf

Scott Rothkopf is an American art curator and the current chief curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.[1]

Rothkopf obtained both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University. From 2004 until 2009 he was a senior editor at ArtForum magazine. In 2009 he joined the staff of the Whitney Museum and in 2015 was promoted to chief curator.[2]

While at Whitney (both at its' previous location and its new facility designed by Renzo Piano in New York City's Meatpacking District) he has curated numerous exhibitions, including; "Mary Heilmann: Sunset" (2015), "Jeff Koons: A Retrospective" (2014 - the largest single artist exhibition in the Whitney's history and the closing show at in the Museum's previous Marcel Breuer designed Madison Avenue home space),[3] "Sinister Pop" (2012–13, with Donna De Salvo), "Wade Guyton OS" (2012–13), Glenn Ligon: AMERICA (2011), "Singular Visions" (2010, with Dana Miller) and "Whitney on Site: Guyton\Walker" (2010).[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/arts/artsspecial/18NEXTGEN.html
  2. ↑ http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/whitney-names-scott-rothkopf-chief-curator.html
  3. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/arts/design/jeff-koons-a-retrospective-opens-at-the-whitney.html
  4. ↑ http://whitney.org/About/Bios
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