Glenn Adamson was born on 1972 and is an American curator, author, and historian whose research and work focuses on the intersections of design, craft, and contemporary art.
14 Facts About Glenn Adamson
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Glenn Adamson is editor-at-large of The Magazine Antiques, editor of Journal of Modern Craft, a freelance writer, and a curator.
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Glenn Adamson has held previous notable appointments as director of the Museum of Arts and Design, head of research at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and as curator at the Chipstone Foundation.
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Glenn Adamson was born in 1972 and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, along with his identical twin brother Peter Adamson.
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From 2013 to 2016 Glenn Adamson served as the Nanette L Laitman Director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
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Previously, Glenn Adamson had been a critic of the museum, using a 2011 review of the exhibition The Global Africa Project in the magazine Art in America to critique the institution itself.
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Glenn Adamson's critiques included the architecture of the museum's new building and their gallery layouts, the 2002 name change, and the "incoherent execution" of exhibitions.
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In spite of this previous tension, the museum found Glenn Adamson to be the "most exciting candidate" when searching for Hotchner's replacement in 2013.
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In 2016, when Glenn Adamson stepped down from his post as Director at the Museum of Arts and Design, the museum stated:.
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Dr Glenn Adamson spearheaded an exhibitions program that explored and expanded MAD's unique mission and role in the arts ecology of New York and the nation, including NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial; Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin; Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today; Wendell Castle Remastered; Studio Job: MAD HOUSE; and Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years.
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Dr Glenn Adamson created the position of Windgate Research Curator, in collaboration with the Bard Graduate Center, to further enhance the scholarship of MAD's publications and exhibitions.
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Glenn Adamson expanded MAD's noted artist-in-residence program by engaging younger artists from traditionally under-represented communities, through an initiative funded by a grant from The New York Community Trust.
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From 2005 to 2013 Glenn Adamson served as the head of research at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Glenn Adamson served as curator for the Chipstone Foundation from 2000 to 2005.