Kim Conaty

Kim Conaty is the Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she oversees the curatorial, publications, and conservation departments. As a member of the Whitney’s senior leadership team, Conaty is responsible for the scholarly and artistic program as well as the development of the Museum’s collection.

Prior to her current role, Conaty served as the Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Whitney, where she co-directed the institution’s first Collection Strategic Plan and organized several exhibitions including Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard (2024); Ruth Asawa Through Line (2023), with the Menil Collection; Edward Hopper’s New York (2022); Nothing Is So Humble: Prints from Everyday Objects (2020); and Mary Corse: A Survey in Light (2018).

Previously, Conaty was Curator at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Massachusetts and Assistant Curator at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and Clark Fellowship, Conaty earned her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, MA from Williams College, and BA from Middlebury College.

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The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to introduce the 2025 cohort of Fellows. Now in its eighteenth year, the CCL Fellowship is the preeminent leadership program for curators, providing them with the skills and tools needed to become visionary leaders of art museums and cultural institutions worldwide. This year, ... Read More >