Catharina Manchanda grew up in Germany and moved to the US in 1990 on a graduate scholarship for curatorial studies. Before becoming the Seattle Art Museum's curator of modern and contemporary art in mid-2011, she held posts at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis and the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. Her past work includes: organizing "Beauty and the Blonde" at the Kemper, assisting the Museum of Modern Art on a Gerhard Richter retrospective and book about his October paintings and curating the 2010 Cyprien Gaillard exhibit at the Wexner Center. Robert Storr, Dean of Yale School of Art, says of Manchanca: "She has the rare mix of qualities required of a curator charged with operating in the new international art scene: intellectual seriousness, aesthetic open-mindedness combined with a discerning critical mind, and singular skill at working with artists."

Thursday, April 11, 2013, 12:30 pm
Room B311, SMFA, 230 The Fenway

Image: Courtesy Seattle Art Museum