Josine Ianco-Starrels was a Romanian-born American art curator who worked as a museum director in Los Angeles, California.
10 Facts About Josine Ianco-Starrels
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Josine Ianco-Starrels was the daughter of Amelie Micheline "Lily" Ackermann and Marcel Janco, who was an artist, an architect and one of the founding members of Dadaism.
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Josine Ianco-Starrels married Harold Manson in 1950 and moved to New York where she studied at the Art Students League of New York.
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Josine Ianco-Starrels was married to Maurie Starrels from 1969 until his death in 2000.
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Josine Ianco-Starrels started her curatorial career in Los Angeles with Lytton Center of the Visual Arts in 1960.
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Josine Ianco-Starrels was an associate professor at Art Gallery Division at California State University, Los Angeles from 1969 to 1975.
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In 1985, Josine Ianco-Starrels was awarded an honorary doctorate from Parsons School of Design.
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Josine Ianco-Starrels retired in 2000, and moved to Rogue River, Oregon.
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Josine Ianco-Starrels was nominated alongside the likes of Frank Gehry, Stephanie Barron and Eli Broad.
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Josine Ianco-Starrels died on April 8,2019, in Rogue River, Oregon, at the age of 92.