Donna De Salvo Explained

Donna De Salvo is an American curator who was appointed the Dia Art Foundation's senior adjunct curator of special projects.^[1] She previously served as the Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Career

From 1981 to 1986 De Salvo was a curator at the Dia Art Foundation in New York.^[5]

De Salvo served as Senior Curator at Tate Modern in London, where she worked from 1999 to 2004.^{[6] [7]} During her time at Tate Modern, she organized exhibitions on Giorgio Morandi, Andy Warhol, and one of the Turbine Hall commissions, "The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor (2002)."^[8]

De Salvo came to the Whitney in 2004 and became the first to become promoted to Chief Curator in 2006.^[9] In this capacity, she organized exhibitions on artists like Warhol, Hélio Oiticica, Michael Heizer, and Steve McQueen, among others.^[10] In July 2015, she became the Deputy Director for International Initiatives at the Whitney, a new position created to source and cultivate international relationships for the museum.^[11]

In addition to her roles at the Whitney, De Salvo was also an adjunct curator at the Andy Warhol Museum and in 2005 helped curate an exhibition of paintings by Ed Ruscha for the American pavilion at the Venice Biennale.^[12]

Writings

De Salvo is the author of Staging Surrealism, a 1997 book about the surrealist art movement.^[13]

Notes and References

1. Robin Pogrebin (November 15, 2019), Dia Art Foundation Welcomes Whitney Veteran Donna De Salvo The New York Times.
2. Web site: Whitney Staff Bios. 1 February 2014.
3. Web site: Whitney Press Release. 1 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130206082639/http://whitney.org/file_columns/0000/3424/may_19_2004.pdf. 6 February 2013. dead.
4. Web site: ArtDaily News Release. 1 February 2014.
5. Nancy Kenney (June 20, 2019), Donna De Salvo steps down as Whitney senior curator The Art Newspaper.
6. News: Finnerty. Amy. Defining the Whitney Biennial. The Wall Street Journal. April 1, 2008.
7. News: 7. Know These 100 People An insider's list of art insiders. New York Magazine. April 22, 2012.
8. Robin Pogrebin (November 15, 2019), Dia Art Foundation Welcomes Whitney Veteran Donna De Salvo The New York Times.
9. Robin Pogrebin (November 15, 2019), Dia Art Foundation Welcomes Whitney Veteran Donna De Salvo The New York Times.
10. Robin Pogrebin (November 15, 2019), Dia Art Foundation Welcomes Whitney Veteran Donna De Salvo The New York Times.
11. News: The Whitney Announces Scott Rothkopf as New Chief Curator, Donna De Salvo New Deputy Director. Artnet News. May 20, 2015.
12. Nancy Kenney (June 20, 2019), Donna De Salvo steps down as Whitney senior curator The Art Newspaper.
13. Book: Salvo, Donna M. De. Staging Surrealism. 1997. Wexner Center for the Arts, the Ohio State University. 9781881390183.