Ann Temkin

Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Ann Temkin received her BA from Harvard University and her PhD in the history of art from Yale University. Formerly the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, she joined the Museum of Modern Art in 2003 as Curator and assumed the role of Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture in 2008. During her tenure, she has focused especially on the acquisitions program of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, and on reimagining the museum’s collection galleries.