I write essays and cultural criticism about museums, heritage, memory, and the institutions that shape public meaning. Through MUSEUMVIEWS, I have spent years in conversation with artists, curators, directors, and cultural thinkers, and more recently I have written public-facing essays on Iranian cultural heritage, collective amnesia, institutional silence, and the politics of cultural memory.
My writing is interested in the point where history stops behaving like background and begins to make demands on the present.
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The following is a select list of my “Conversations” series for MUSEUMVIEWS:
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Maryan Ainsworth, Curator Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart’s Renaissance
Nasher Sculpture Center: In Conversation with Jeremy Strick, Director at Nasher Sculpture Center
The Noguchi Museum: In Conversation with Dakin Hart, Senior Curator at The Noguchi Museum
Maison Européenne de la Photographie: In Conversation with Photography Curator François Hebel
Palazzo Strozzi: In Conversation with Palazzo Strozzi’s James Bradburne on BRONZINO
Di Nieuwe Kerk: In Conversation with De Nieuwe Kerk’s Marlies Kleiterp on the Khalili Collection
The Museo del Prado: In Conversation with The PRADO’s Javier Barón on “Passion for Renoir”
The Museum of Modern Art MOMA: In Conversation with MoMA’s Roxana Marcoci on New Photography
Maison Européenne de la Photographie: In Conversation with with French Curator Gabriel Bauret on Contemporary Photography
The Van Gogh Museum: In Conversation with Van Gogh Museum’s Maite van Dijk
The Frick Collection: In Conversation with The Frick Collections’ Inge Reist on Collectors & Merchant Princes
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SFMOMA: In Conversation with SFMOMA’s Sandra Phillips on Surveillance & Voyeurism
High Museum of Art: In Conversation with Elliott H. King on DALI, The Late Works
In Conversation with Legendary Photographer & Filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg
In Conversation with Iranian Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli (c. 2005)
In Conversation with Legendary Art Dealer LOUIS K. MEISEL
In Conversation with Belgian Dealer: Jan De Clercq of Meessen De Clercq
In Conversation with Dutch Dealer: Robbert van Ham of Jaski Art Gallery
In Conversation with Berlin Dealer: Christian Ehrentraut
In Conversation with Artists Chitra Ganesh & Simone Leigh
In Conversation with PLAYBOY’s Artist in Residence, Olivia De Berardinis
In Conversation with French Photographer Bettina Rheims
In Conversation with Marc Bouwer on Dressing Angelina, Beyonce, & Charlize
In Conversation with French Filmmaker Agnès Varda
In Conversation with American Filmmaker Jesse Quinones
In Conversation with Playwright Oren Safdie on Staging THE BILBAO EFFECT
In Conversation with Actor & Author Ian Kelly: From Casanova to Harry Potter
In Conversation with DELOITTE’s John Hagel on the POWER of PULL
[VIDEO] In Conversation w NYC Ballet’s Sean Suozzi & Ellen Bar
[VIDEO] In Conversation w NYCBallet Principal Dancer Tyler Angle
[VIDEO] In Conversation with NYCBallet Choreographer Justin Peck
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Tom Donahue of HBO’s Casting By
[VIDEO] In Conversation with HBO & PBS Documentary Filmmaker Dawn Porter
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Roger Ross William of God LOVES Uganda & the NMAAHC Museum
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Swedish Filmmaker Lasse Hallström
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Documentary Programmer Thom Powers
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Documentary Programmer Jaie Laplante Executive
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Filmmakers Billy Corben & Alfred Spellman
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Lucy Walker
[VIDEO] In Conversation with Sebastian Junger on HBO’s Tim Hetherton Documentary