Jeremy Strick Named Director Of Nasher Sculpture Center

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Jeremy Strick Named Director of Nasher Sculpture Center


DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --


    The Board of Directors of the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas,

announced today the appointment of Jeremy Strick as the Center's new

Director. Mr. Strick will begin his position on March 2, 2009. His selection

follows an extensive international search led a by a committee established by

the Center's Board of Directors.


    Mr. Strick served as the Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art

(MOCA) in Los Angeles, California, since 1999. He was responsible for

exhibitions at, and operations of, three MOCA Los Angeles locations. During

his tenure, MOCA achieved an international reputation as one of the leading

organizers of contemporary art exhibitions through such acclaimed shows as

(c)MURAKAMI (2007), WACK!Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007), and A

Minimal Future? Art As Object 1958-1968 (2004). MOCA's permanent collection

also grew by nearly 50 percent during his directorship becoming one of the

most highly regarded contemporary collections in the world.


    Prior to being the Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Mr. Strick

served as a senior curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, and held

curatorial posts at The Saint Louis Art Museum and the National Gallery of

Art, Washington, D.C. He pursued graduate studies in Fine Arts at Harvard

University and received his Bachelor of Arts (History of Art) in 1977 with

highest honors from the University of California at Santa Cruz.


    About the Nasher Sculpture Center:

    Open since October 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is dedicated to

advancing the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary

sculpture through its collection, exhibition, conservation, and education

programs. The Nasher Sculpture Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning

architect Renzo Piano, was the longtime dream of the late Raymond and Patsy

Nasher, who together formed one of the finest collections of modern and

contemporary sculpture in the world. The Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection

includes masterpieces by Borofsky, Brancusi, Calder, de Kooning, di Suvero,

Gauguin, Giacometti, Hepworth, Kelly, Matisse, Miro, Moore, Picasso, Rodin,

Rosso, Serra, Smith, Turrell, among others, and continues to grow and evolve.


    The Nasher Sculpture Center presents rotating exhibitions of works from

the Nasher Collection as well as special exhibitions drawn from other museums

and private collections. The Nasher Sculpture Center is open to the public

with paid admission, Tuesday through Sunday. For more information, visit



SOURCE: Nasher Sculpture Center


    CONTACT: Kristen Mills Gibbins of Nasher Sculpture Center,

             +1-214-242-5177 

             kgibbins@nashersculpturecenter.org



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