Cathleen Chaffee

Cathleen Ann Chaffee
Born
United States
Alma materIthaca College,
The Courtauld Institute of Art,
New York University Institute of Fine Arts
Occupation(s)Curator, writer, art historian
OrganizationBuffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly Albright-Knox Art Gallery)

Cathleen Chaffee[1] is an American curator, writer, and art historian specializing in contemporary art.[2] She currently serves as the chief curator of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright–Knox Art Gallery) in Buffalo, New York, where she joined in January 2014.[3][4][5]

Biography

Chaffee attended Ithaca College;[6] followed by study at Courtauld Institute of Art where she received a M.A. degree; and the New York University Institute of Fine Arts where she received a Ph.D. in 2013.[7] Her dissertation was Décors: Marcel Broodthaers's Late Exhibition Practice, 1974-1975, and her advisor was Robert Storr.[8]

She previously worked at the Yale University Art Gallery from 2010 to 2013 in New Haven;[9][10] the Museum of Modern Art from 2007 to 2008 in New York City; and the Cleveland Museum of Art from 2001 to 2004.[11][7] Notable exhibitions curated by Chaffee include Marisol: A Retrospective (in 2023-25), the largest posthumous survey of the artist's work,[12] Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon (in 2024-25),[13] Stanley Whitney: the Italian Paintings (in 2022),[14] (co-curated with Vincenzo de Bellis) an installation of works made by Stanley Whitney in Italy since the 1990s. Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective (in 2018),[15] the first large-scale museum survey devoted to artworks Conrad presented in museum and gallery settings, and part of an ongoing reappraisal of his creative achievement;[16] Joe Bradley (in 2017);[17] Clyfford Still / Mark Bradford (in 2016);[18] Erin Shirreff (in 2016); Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Ecologies of Drama (from 2015 to 2016);[19] Screen Play: Life in an Animated World (in 2015);[20] Overtime: The Art of Work (in 2015);[21] and Looking at Tomorrow: Light and Language from The Panza Collection, 1967–1990 (from 2015 to 2016).[4]

She was awarded a Curatorial Fellowship from the VIA Art Fund in 2018;[11] and a Fulbright Fellowship in 2008 to Belgium.[6]

Publications

  • Chaffee, Cathleen (2024). Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon. New York and Buffalo: DelMonico Books and Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen (2023). Marisol: A Retrospective. New York and Buffalo: DelMonico Books and Buffalo AKG Art Museum. ISBN 9781636811017.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen; de Bellis, Vincenzo (2022). Stanley Whitney: The Italian Paintings. Buffalo, NY: Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
  • Wilson, Julia Bryan; Chaffee, Cathleen; Adamson, Glenn; Sherman, Elisabeth (2022). Liza Lou (artist monograph). Carrie Mae Weems (contributor). New York City, NY: Rizzoli Electa. ISBN 978-0847870752.
  • Gray, Zoë; Kuri, Gabriel; Chaffee, Cathleen; Snauwaert, Dirk (2020). Gabriel Kuri: Sorted, Resorted. Cologne: Walther König. ISBN 978-3960986850.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen, ed. (2018). Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective (art exhibition). Rachel Adams (author), Diedrich Diederichsen (author), Branden Wayne Joseph (author), David Grubbs (author), Jay Sanders (author), Constance DeJong (author), Vera Alemani (author), Tina Rivers Ryan (author), Annie Ochmanek (author), Andrew Lampert (author), Christopher Müller (author), Tony Oursler (contributor), Anthony Elms (author), Henriette Huldisch (author), Paige Sarlin (author), Christopher Williams (author). Albright-Knox Art Gallery. ISBN 9783960983361.
  • Andersson, Andrea, ed. (2018). Postscript: Writing After Conceptual Art. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442649842.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen, ed. (2017). Joe Bradley (art exhibition). Albright-Knox Art Gallery. ISBN 9781887457224.
  • Cherix, Christophe; Borja-Villel, Manuel, eds. (2016). Marcel Broodthaers: A Retrospective (art exhibition). Marcel Broodthaers (artist), Benjamin Buchloh (contributor), Cathleen Chaffee (contributor), Jean-François Chévrier (contributor), Kim Conaty (contributor), Thierry de Duve (contributor). New York City, NY: The Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 978-0870709623.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen; Colard, Jean-Max (2016). Erica Baum: The Naked Eye (art exhibition). Erica Baum (photographer). Crevecœur/Bureau. ISBN 978-2954136943.
  • Hatley, Pam (2015). Erin Shirreff. Albright Knox Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-887457-18-7.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen, ed. (2015). Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Ecologies of Drama: Essays, Interviews, and Scripts. Eija-Liisa Ahtila (artist). Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
  • Butler, Cornelia H.; Chaffee, Cathleen; Roberts, Veronica; Sullivan, Lexi Lee (2015). Drawing Redefined. DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. ISBN 978-0-300-21591-5.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen, ed. (2013). Eye on a Century: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (art exhibition). New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0300184945.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen (2013). Hanne Darboven's Abstract Correspondence. New York: Leo Castelli Gallery.
  • Gross, Jennifer R.; Chaffee, Cathleen (2012). Richard Artschwager! (art exhibition). Bioethics Series. Adam D. Weinberg (contributor), Ingrid Schaffner (contributor), Richard Artschwager (artist). Whitney Museum of American Art. ISBN 9780300185317.
  • Chaffee, Cathleen (2013). Carol Bove: The Middle Pillar. New York: Karma.
  • van den Bossche, Phillip; Chaffee, Cathleen; Cherix, Christophe; Dippel, Rini; Feldman, Paula; Rattemeyer, Christian (2009). Cherix, Christophe; Liese, Jennifer (eds.). In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976. New York City, NY: Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 978-0870707537.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Boucher, Brian (17 March 2015). "25 Women Curators On the Rise". Artnet News. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ Laster, Paul (23 August 2017). "Meet the Curator Rethinking Painting". Vice magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "The Albright-Knox Art Gallery Names Cathleen Chaffe Chief Curator". Artforum.com. 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ Bowley, Graham (21 January 2021). "Do Museums Need a Shopping Network for Art Donations?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Cathleen Chaffee Appointed Curator of Albright-Knox Gallery". Art & Education. 3 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Wang, Annie (30 October 2013). "Albright-Knox Appoints Cathleen Chaffee as Curator". Art in America. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Institute of Fine Arts Annual 2012 - 2013 by The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU - Issuu". issuu.com. 20 January 2016. p. 57. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  9. ^ Dunne, Susan (13 September 2013). "That 70's Show: Exhibit Goes Back in Time". Newspapers.com. Hartford Courant. p. D1. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  10. ^ Weinberg, Elizabeth (20 February 2014). "Virtual Reality". Daily Nutmeg New Haven. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  11. ^ a b Halio, Grace (27 November 2017). "Cathleen Chaffee Named VIA Art Fund's 2018 Curatorial Fellow". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Marisol, the once popular Pop artist, is back in the spotlight in major travelling show". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  13. ^ Schultz, Charles (1 May 2024). "Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  14. ^ Abrams, Amah-Rose (4 May 2022). "Stanley Whitney's Italian paintings reveal an art practice in transition". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  15. ^ Kapplow, Heather (1 January 2019). "A Mad Scientist of the New York Avant-Garde Gets a Retrospective". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective | Buffalo AKG Art Museum".
  17. ^ Dabkowski, Colin (21 June 2017). "Albright-Knox show explores Joe Bradley's diverse career". Buffalo News. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  18. ^ Whyte, Murray (23 September 2016). "Throwing shade: Mark Bradford tackles Clyfford Still". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  19. ^ Moynihan, Conor (17 December 2015). "Eija-Liisa Ahtila's multichannel installation commands attention". Buffalo News. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  20. ^ Hampton, Chris (31 July 2015). "Unpacking and Decoding the World of Animation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  21. ^ Sarlin, Paige (1 November 2015). "Review: Overtime: The Art of Work". Afterimage. 43 (3): 27–29. doi:10.1525/aft.2015.43.3.27. ISSN 0300-7472.


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