17 Facts About Marcia Tucker

Marcia Tucker was an American art historian, art critic and curator.

Marcia Tucker spent her junior year studying at the Ecole du Louvre, in Paris.

In 1969, Marcia Tucker became the Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Marcia Tucker held this position until 1976 and she organized major exhibitions of the work of Bruce Nauman, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Richard Tuttle, and Jack Tworkov among others.

In 1975, Marcia Tucker organized a Tuttle exhibition that was trounced by critics, leading to her dismissal.

On January 1,1977, at the age of 37, Marcia Tucker founded The New Museum.

Marcia Tucker wanted the New Museum to exhibit living artists, to have knowledgeable guards, and to throw out its permanent collection of art every ten years to remain young.

At the New Museum, Marcia Tucker organized major exhibitions including Bad Painting, The Time of Our Lives, A Labor of Love, and Bad Girls, and was co-curator of a retrospective exhibition by the Catalan artist Perejaume at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona in 1999.

Marcia Tucker was the series editor ofDocumentary Sources in Contemporary Art, five books of theory and criticism published by the New Museum.

In 1999, Marcia Tucker stepped down from directing the museum and Lisa Phillips was appointed as the new director.

From 1999 to 2006 Marcia Tucker worked as a freelance art critic, writer, and lecturer.

Marcia Tucker taught at Cornell University, Colgate University, Rhode Island School of Design and the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.

Marcia Tucker wrote for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Art in America, Art Forum, and ARTnews, among others.

Marcia Tucker performed as a stand up comedian, under the pseudonym "Mabel McNeil" as "Miss Mannerist".

Marcia Tucker died aged 66 on October 17,2006, in Santa Barbara, California.

Marcia Tucker received the Skowhegan Governors Award for Lifetime Service to the Arts, was the 1999 recipient of the Bard College Award for Curatorial Achievement, and the Art Table Award for Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts in 2000.

Marcia Tucker was awarded three Yaddo fellowships in 2003, '04, and '05.