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