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Name
  
Judith Zilczer

Role
  
Art curator


Education
  
BA, MA, The George Washington University; PhD, University of Delaware

Employer
  
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Occupation
  
Curator, art historian

Judith K. Zilczer is an American art historian and former museum curator. She is known for her work with artists such as Horace Pippin, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Willem de Kooning, and Richard Lindner. Zilczer was interested in the connections between music and art, which she described as "the mystical strain of artistic synesthesia." She curated an exhibit titled "Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since 1900". Zilczer served at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in various capacities from 1974-2003. From 1992 to 2003, she was Curator of Paintings.

Her papers are held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Writings

  • Judith K. Zilczer, "Robert J. Coady, Forgotten Spokesman for Avant-Garde Culture in America," American Art Review, vol. 2, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 1975), p. 81.
  • Kerry Brougher, Jeremy Strick, Ari Weisman, Judith Zilczer. Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art Since 1900 Thames & Hudson; 2005. ISBN 0-500-51217-5.

    • References

    Judith K. Zilczer Wikipedia
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