David Anfam Explained

David Anfam (born 12 May 1955) is an English art historian, author and curator, best known for his voluminous writings on abstract expressionism.^[1] He is currently the senior consulting curator for The Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado and the director of its research center.^{[2] [3]}

Anfam is the author of the catalogue raisonné on the work of Mark Rothko, "Mark RothkoThe Works on Canvas" (1998 Yale University Press).^[4] Anfam contributes numerous articles and reviews to the Art Newspaper.^[5]

He curated Bill Viola's Ocean Without a Shore at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, in the Church of San Gallo,^[6] and at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015 Jackson Pollock's Mural: Energy Made Visible at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection at the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Anfam . 2023-11-08 . thamesandhudson.com.
2. Web site: Brieske . Jeremy . Five Questions: Clyfford Still Museum curator David Anfam on 'The War Begins' . 2023-11-08 . Colorado Public Radio . en.
3. Book: Anfam, David . Conrad Marca-Relli (Bilingual Edition): Il Maestro Irascibile (the Irascible Master) . 2023 . Skira . 978-88-572-4732-8 . en.
4. Web site: Mark Rothko . 2023-11-08 . Yale University Press . en-US.
5. Web site: David Anfam . 2023-11-08 . The Art Newspaper - International art news and events.
6. Web site: Bill Viola, "Ocean Without a Shore" Peggy Guggenheim Collection . 2023-11-08 . www.guggenheim-venice.it . en.
7. News: Smith . Roberta . Graustark . Barbara . 2015-05-07 . Jackson Pollock's 'Mural' Makes a Rare Trip to the Venice Biennale . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-22 . 0362-4331.