Advisory Committee
Nathalie Anglès
Nathalie Anglès is founder and Executive Director of Residency Unlimited [RU], a New York-based not-for-profit arts organization founded in 2009 that fosters customized residencies for artists and curators through strategic partnerships with collaborating institutions. A graduate in 1993 of the École du Magasin independent curatorial training program [Le Magasin – CNAC Grenoble], Anglès has worked for Sotheby's London, where she organized the mid-season sales for Impressionist and Modern art; the American Center in Paris, as Director of the Residency Program for American artists; the École des Beaux Arts [ENSBA] as curatorial assistant to Alfred Pacquement; and the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs [UCAD], under the leadership of Marie-Claude Beaud, where she organized a wide range of contemporary art projects. From 2000-2008, Anglès worked as Director of Location One's International Residency Program in New York, where she organized multiple exhibitions of emerging and mid-career artists. In 2008, the French government bestowed Anglès with the title of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
Sarah Lewis
Scholar, writer, and curator Sarah Lewis is currently finishing her book, Rise, under contract with Simon & Schuster [U.S., 2013 release], HarperCollins [U.K.] and in over six countries to date. Drawing on her work in the arts and expanding into sports, business, psychology, sociology, and science, Rise explores the advantage of resilience and so-called failure in successful creative human endeavors. Her Yale University dissertation on Frederick Douglass, the Circassian Beauties and American Racial Formation is now under contract with Harvard University Press [2014]. Selected for Oprah's Winfrey's 2010 "Power List," and included as a member of President Obama's Arts Policy Committee, her writing has been published widely. She has also held curatorial positions at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and was the co-curator of the acclaimed 2010 SITE Santa Fe Biennial, NM. She received her B.A. from Harvard University, an M.Phil from Oxford University, and her PhD from Yale University.
David Ebony
David Ebony is a contributing editor of Art in America, where he previously served as Managing Editor. A member of the International Association of Art Critics and one of its past board members, he currently works as a senior editor at SNAP Editions. Ebony authors David Ebony + Art Books, a long-running column for Yale University Press online, and regularly contributes to artnet News, The Magazine Antiques, The Brooklyn Rail, Upstate Diary, and Lacanian Ink, among other publications. He has contributed the principal essays to several artist monographs, including Stephen Antonakos: Neon and Geometry, Larry Poons, andCarmen Cicero: Drawings and Watercolors. As an independent curator, Ebony has organized exhibitions including Lucio Pozzi: In Here at the Magazzino museum in Cold Spring, New York; Presença/Presence: Recent Works by Helena Kozuchowicz at the Brazilian Consulate, New York; Grasshopper: A Judy Pfaff Survey at CR10 in Linlithgo, New York; and Metropolis at Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery, New York.
Walter Robinson
Walter Robinson is a painter and an art critic who was founding Editor of Artnet Magazine [1996-2012], and who also served as Art Editor of the East Village Eye [1983-85] and as a contributor to Art in America [1980-1996]. From 1973-77, he co-published and co-edited Art-Rite Magazine, and he is the author of the book Instant Art History [Ballantine, 1995]. Robinson has exhibited his work at Metro Pictures, Haunch of Venison, both in New York City, as well as other galleries. His most recent exhibitions include Hello from New York at Firecat Projects in Chicago [December 2012] and Indulgences at Dorian Grey Gallery in the East Village of New York City [March 2013].
George G. King
George King is a distinguished museum director, curator, and arts professional whose career has significantly shaped the landscape of museum programming and exhibition development. After attending Bennington College, King earned a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He began his career at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, where he ultimately served as Director of Programs. In 1985, King became the first professional director of the Katonah Museum of Art, where he originated transformative exhibitions that frequently traveled nationally. During his tenure at the KMA, King also oversaw the design of the museum's new building by Edward Larrabee Barnes. In 1998, King was recruited to lead the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, where he grew the collection from 98 to over 3,000 works and established the first research center for American Modernism. He returned to New York ten years later to become the director of the American Federation of Arts.