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Susan K. Freedman is internationally recognized for her vision and ongoing leadership in the field of contemporary public art. As President of the Public Art Fund since 1986, Susan has led the organization in bringing some of the most ambitious and engaging public art initiatives to the people of New York City. She is a recipient of the 1999 Associates of the Art Commission Annual Award , and in 1994, was selected as one of four finalists for the North American Mont Blanc de la Culture award, honoring leading supporters of the arts worldwide. Susan graduated from Brown University in 1982 with a B.A. in Studio Art and American Civilization, and was Assistant to Mayor Edward I. Koch, and Director of Special Projects and Events for the Art Commission of the City of New York from 1983 to 1986. Susan currently serves as Mayor Bloomberg's Representative on the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Modern Art, as well as on the Boards of the Municipal Art Society, the Eldridge Street Project, WNYC Radio, and as Vice President of the Board for the City Parks Foundation. Most recently, Susan has joined the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, and was a jury member for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's World Trade Center Memorial competition. She received the Municipal Art Society's Evangeline Blashfield Award in 2005. |
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Nicholas Baume joined Public Art Fund as Director and Chief Curator on September 21, 2009. Baume came to the Public Art Fund from the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where he served as Chief Curator since 2003. During his tenure at the ICA, Baume directed the expansion of the museum's artistic program including the transition into its award-winning new building and founding of its permanent collection. Baume launched the museum's ongoing Momentum project series, featuring site-specific installations by emerging artists such as Carol Bove and Kader Attia. His many exhibitions and commissions include Sandra & Gerald Fineberg Art Wall: Ugo Rondinone (through December 2010); Momentum 14: Rodney McMillian (through October 2009); Tara Donovan (2008; with Jen Mergel); Anish Kapoor: Past, Present, Future (2008); Thomas Hirschhorn: Utopia Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress (2005; with Ralph Rugoff); Getting Emotional (2005); and Kai Althoff: Kai Kein Respekt (2004). Baume also curated ICA's inaugural exhibition in its new space, Super Vision (2006), which showcased 27 international artists.
A native of Sydney, Australia, Baume graduated with joint honors in Fine Arts and Philosophy from the University of Sydney. From 1988 to 1993, he was the Director and Curator of John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, Sydney, working directly with Australia's leading collector and patron of contemporary international art. In 1993, he joined the newly established Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. In 1998, he joined the staff of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, as the Emily Hall Tremaine Curator of Contemporary Art, directing the prestigious Matrix exhibition series, which highlights work by emerging contemporary artists providing many with their first U.S. shows. He also developed two major traveling exhibitions: Sol LeWitt: Incomplete Open Cubes and About Face: Andy Warhol Portraits. Baume has written and produced numerous exhibition catalogues.
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