Francesco Moschini, Francesca Pietropaolo, Robert Storr
Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Roma, 24 novembre 2011
© Gabriel Vaduva / Archivio FFMAAM

Robert Storr - Art historian, critic and painter, since 2006 Robert Storr has been Dean of the Yale University School of Art where he also teaches painting and drawing. Previously the first Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (2002-2006), from 1990 to 2002 he was senior curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

The numerous shows he organised at MoMA included important retrospectives dedicated to Gerhard Richter, Robert Ryman (with the Tate Gallery, London), Chuck Close, Tony Smith, and Elizabeth Murray. At MoMA he was also, for ten years, the coordinator of Projects, a series of exhibitions dedicated to contemporary artists. From 2005-2007 Storr was the Artistic Director of the Venice Biennale – the first American to hold the post.

Author of numerous monographs and catalogues – including Philip Guston (Abbeville, 1986), Chuck Close (with Lisa Lyons, Rizzoli, 1987), and the forthcoming Intimate Geometries: The Work and Life of Louise Bourgeois – Storr is a contributing editor at Art in America and the College Art Association’s Art Journal. He writes for a number of international journals and magazines including Artforum, Art Journal, Art Press, Frieze and Parkett.

The numerous honours he has received for his work as critic and art historian include an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Chapter of the International Association of Art Critics Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Field of Art Criticism, the ’ICI Agnes Gund Curatorial Award, and The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History from the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art. In 2000 the French Ministry of Culture awarded him the 'Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres' medal.

Robert Storr - Storico dell’arte, critico, curatore e pittore, Robert Storr é dal 2006 Rettore della Yale University School of Art dove, inoltre, insegna pittura e disegno. Prima d’allora é stato il primo Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art presso l’Institute of Fine Arts della New York University (2002–2006) e Senior Curator nel Dipartimento di Pittura e Scultura del Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) di New York (1990–2002).

Tra le numerose mostre da lui organizzate al MoMA figurano le importanti retrospettive dedicate a Gerhard Richter, Robert Ryman (con la Tate Gallery di Londra), Chuck Close, Tony Smith, ed Elizabeth Murray; al MoMa é stato inoltre coordinatore, per dieci anni, di Projects, la serie di mostre dedicate al lavoro di artisti contemporanei. Dal 2005 al 2007 Storr é stato Direttore Artistico della Biennale di Venezia, il primo americano a ricoprire tale incarico.

Autore di numerose monografie e cataloghi – tra cui Philip Guston (Abbeville, 1986), Chuck Close (with Lisa Lyons, Rizzoli, 1987), and Intimate Geometries: The Work and Life of Louise Bourgeois di prossima pubblicazione, Storr é membro della direzione editoriale di Art in America e del College Art Association’s Art Journal; e scrive per riviste internazionali quali Artforum, Art Journal, Art Press, Frieze e Parkett.

È stato insignito del dottorato onorario dalla School of the Art Institute of Chicago e ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti per il suo contributo come critico e storico dell’arte quali l’American Chapter of the International Association of Art Critics Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Field of Art Criticism, l’ICI Agnes Gund Curatorial Award, e The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History ricevuto da Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art. Nel 2000 il Ministero della Cultura Francese gli ha conferito la medaglia di Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.