Dorothy Kosinski Explained

Dorothy M. Kosinski is an American scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century art, curator and the former director (2008--2023) of The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D. C.

Biography

Kosinski was born in Meriden, Connecticut, into a Catholic family^[1] and grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, and got her BA from Yale University and her MA and PhD degrees from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.^[2] After being an intern and curatorial assistant at the Guggenheim Museum, she became a curator for the Bruce Museum^[3] in Greenwich, Connecticut, and, from 1985 to 1997, for the private collection of cubist art left by Douglas Cooper^[4] in Basel, Switzerland. From 1995 to 2008, she worked at the Dallas Museum of Art, where she worked in different capacities before she eventually became senior curator of painting and sculpture, then was appointed director at The Phillips Collection, where she succeed Jay Gates.^[5] She was also an independent curator for the National Gallery in Prague, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg,^[6] the Kunstmuseum Basel,^[7] and the Royal Academy of Arts.^[4] Her experience amounts to over 30 exhibitions.^[8]

Kosinski has published on artists including Gustave Courbet,^[9] Henri Matisse,^[10] and Vincent van Gogh^[11] and on various topics in nineteenth and twentieth-century art.^[12] Her book "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor" was among "The best books of 2007" listed by the Financial Times.^[13] In total, Kosinski can look back on over 35 publications.^[14] As an expert of nineteenth and twentieth-century art Kosinski has been quoted by the New York Times^{[15] [16]} and the Washington Post.^{[17] [18]}

President Obama appointed her in 2012 to the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory council to the National Endowment for the Humanities.^[19] In December 2017 Kosinski was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy for her "outstanding contributions to the arts and promotion of Italian culture".^[20]

She is a member of the US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture.^[21] She is also director of the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation^[22] and of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, as well as a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors.

Kosinski is married to the Swiss-born architect Thomas Krahenbuhl. They have one daughter.

Publications

• 1987: Douglas Cooper Und Die Meister Des Kubismus and the Masters of Cubism, Univ of Washington Pr,
• 1990: Picasso, Braque, Gris, Leger: Douglas Cooper Collecting Cubism, Museum of Fine Arts Houston,
• 1994: Fernand Leger 1911-1924: The Rhythm of Modern Life (Art & Design), Prestel Pub,
• 1999: The Artist and the Camera, Yale University Press,
• 2001: Henry Moore, Yale University Press,
• 2005: Dialogues, Yale University Press,
• 2006: Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat, Yale University Press,
• 2007: Matisse, Yale University Press,
• 2012: Per Kirkeby, Yale University Press,
• 2013: Angels, Demons, and Savages, Yale University Press,
• 2013: Giorgio de Chirico: Myth and Archaeology, Silvana Editorale,
• 2013: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art: The Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series, Dallas Museum of Art,
• 2015: Gauguin to Picasso, Masterworks from Switzerland: The Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections, GILES,
• 2017: Markus Lüpertz, Sieveking,
• 2020: Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, Rizzoli Electa,

External links

• Kosinski at The Phillips Collection website

Notes and References

1. News: Kosinski's Path To the Phillips. . 2008-02-10. 2018-06-04. en-US. 0190-8286.
2. News: Who's who: The women leading top Washington-area museums. Boyle. Katherine. 2014-02-28. Washington Post. 2018-05-25. en-US. 0190-8286.
3. News: CONNECTICUT GUIDE. Charles. Eleanor. The New York Times . 20 January 1985 . 2018-05-27. en.
4. News: Phillips Collection Taps Dallas Curator To Succeed Director. Trescott. Jacqueline. 5 December 2007. The Washington Post. 13 December 2012.
5. News: Museum Leaders Named. Times. The New York. The New York Times . 6 December 2007 . 2018-06-29. en.
6. Web site: Administration. www.phillipscollection.org. en. 2018-06-25.
7. Web site: Dorothy Kosinski. National Endowment for the Humanities. en. 2018-06-25.
8. News: Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips. Gopnik. Blake. 2008-02-10. The Washington Post. 2018-09-15. en-US. 0190-8286.
9. News: Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips. Gopnik. Blake. . 2008-02-10. 2018-06-25. en-US. 0190-8286.
10. Web site: Matisse Yale University Press. yalebooks.yale.edu. en. 2018-06-25.
11. Web site: Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat Yale University Press. yalebooks.yale.edu. en. 2018-06-25.
12. News: The Phillips' Female Force. Rubell. Mera. 18 May 2010. Washington Life Magazine. 13 December 2012.
13. Web site: The best books of 2007. Financial Times. 2018-07-01.
14. News: Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips. Gopnik. Blake. . 2008-02-10. 2018-09-22. en-US. 0190-8286.
15. News: INSIDE ART; Dispersing A Private Cache. Vogel. Carol. The New York Times. 24 November 2000 . 2018-09-22. en.
16. News: Writing Off the Warhol Next Door. The New York Times. 10 January 2015 . 2018-09-22. en . Cohen . Patricia .
17. News: Phillips Collection Receives Largest Gifts Ever, Endowment Reaches $38 Million. Trescott. Jacqueline. 2008-12-19. Washington Post. 2018-09-22. en-US. 0190-8286.
18. News: Left at altar by Corcoran, University of Maryland has new partner in the arts. Washington Post. en. 2018-09-22.
19. Web site: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts. 10 July 2012. White House Office of the Press Secretary. 13 December 2012.
20. Web site: Dorothy Kosinski Awarded Order of the Star of Italy. www.artforum.com. en-US. 2018-07-14.
21. Web site: Dorothy Kosinski. 23 October 2012 . US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture. 13 December 2012.
22. Web site: Board. Foundation. The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz. www.cafritzfoundation.org. en. 2018-09-14.