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Curators Heidi Zuckerman, Courtenay Finn, and George Adams join Rail contributor Hearne Pardee for a conversation.
In this talk
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Heidi Zuckerman
Heidi Zuckerman is a globally recognized, visionary leader in contemporary art and the first woman in the US to build two art museums. As CEO and Director of Orange County Museum of Art, Zuckerman has collaborated with Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Thom Mayne to complete a new, ground-up project both on schedule and within budget. She has raised over $50 million since February 2021, and welcomed over 250,000 visitors in its first year—surpassing previous attendance by more than 14 times. Zuckerman, with a 14-year tenure as former CEO and Director of the Aspen Art Museum, raised over $130 million and partnered with Pritzker laureate Shigeru Ban to build a new, ground-up museum. Zuckerman curated 200+ exhibitions, founded and hosts the About Art podcast.
Courtenay Finn
Courtenay Finn is the Chief Curator at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) and one half of Frank, a small publishing imprint for artist projects. Recent exhibitions at OCMA include Alice Neel: Feels Like Home, Tony Lewis: CASUAL T, and You Ji: A Guest, a Host, a Ghost. She organized Renée Green: Contact, as part of the artistic team for the 2022 FRONT International, and Margaret Kilgallen: that’s where the beauty is. the artist’s first posthumous museum show, which originated at the Aspen Art Museum (2019), and traveled to moCa Cleveland (2020) and the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht (2021). Prior to her appointment at OCMA, she held curatorial positions at moCa Cleveland, the Aspen Art Museum (AAM), and Art in General.
George Adams
George Adams began his gallery career in 1978. He has been the owner of the George Adams Gallery, New York since 1995, and has represented Joan Brown since 1980. Mr. Adams attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, and earned his BA in Art History from Sarah Lawrence College. Mr. Adams has been a lecturer or panelist at the Americas Society, the New School University, College Art Association, the Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas, the School of Art and Design of the University of Illinois, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery.
Hearne Pardee
Artist and writer Hearne Pardee is based in New York and California. Pardee is a Professor Emeritus at University of California, Davis. His paintings and collages explore everyday landscapes, including those on the Pacific Island of New Caledonia. His 2023 show in New York at Bowery Gallery featured a dance performance created by choreographer David Grenke. His recent contributions to the Brooklyn Rail include an interview with Gabriel Orozco and a review of Mary Lucier’s video installation, Leaving Earth.
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