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Occupation
  
Gallery curator

Name
  
Luis Croquer

Role
  
Museum curator


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Education
  
State University of New York at Purchase

Luis Croquer, director of Brandeis Rose Museum discusses works by Jennifer Packer, currently on view


Luis Croquer (born 1968) is an American museum and gallery curator.

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The son of a Venezuelan diplomat, Croquer travelled widely in his early years. He studied anthropology at Goldsmith's College and went on to take a Master's degree in Art History at State University of New York at Purchase, as a Fulbright scholar.

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In New York, Croquer worked as a curator at El Museo del Barrio. He moved to Detroit in December 2008 to take up the post of Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art, where he oversaw a $350,000 refurbishment of the main building. He was the first permanent director appointed to the Museum.

In 2012, he was appointed Deputy Director of Art and Education at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.

References

Luis Croquer Wikipedia