The Armory Show 2025 will mark the eighth annual Curatorial Leadership Summit.
The Armory Show’s Curatorial Leadership Summit is an annual, invitation-only day-long program that aims to foster innovation in the curatorial landscape.
Information about 2025 will be shared here soon. Find information below on previous chairs.
Past Curatorial Leadership Summit Chairs
Lauren Cornell, Chief Curator at the Hessel Museum and Director of the Graduate Program at the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College, chaired the 2024 Curatorial Leadership Summit.
Adrienne Edwards, Engell Speyer Family Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, chaired the 2023 Curatorial Leadership Summit.
Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston chaired the 2022 Curatorial Leadership Summit.
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Recent videos
Curatorial Leadership Summit: Public Discussion | (In)Vision: A Conversation with Michael Govan, LACMA
Friday, September 8, 2023
Featuring Adrienne Edwards, Engell Speyer Family Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
About the Curatorial Leadership Summit
Discover the Curatorial Leadership Summit. Watch the overview presentation of this program dedicated to the advancement of curatorial research. The next in-person Curatorial Leadership Summit, chaired by Adrienne Edwards, Engell Speyer Family Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, will be held in the Armory Live Theater at the Javits Center on Friday, September 10th, 2023. The closed-door session will be followed by a public discussion.