Robert Storr

Robert Storr is a painter living in Brooklyn, NY. Artist, critic, and curator, he served as Dean of the Yale School of Art [2006-2016]; Artistic Director, Venice Biennale [2007]; Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, NY [2002-2006]; and Curator then Senior Curator at the Museum of Modern Art, NY [1990-2002].

Born in Portland, Maine, he was educated at the University of Chicago Laboratory School and Le Collège Cévenol near Lyon, France. His undergraduate studies in History and Art History at Swarthmore College sponsored his stint as an assistant to David Alfaro Siqueiros on his final mural project at The Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros in Mexico City, Mexico. Later, he took courses at the School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and received his MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited in museums and galleries in the US and Europe. His work is in numerous private collections, as well as Buffalo AKG Museum, Buffalo, NY; Kansas City Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Mead Museum, Amherst College, MA; Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York; Portland Museum of Art, ME; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT. 

Storr has served as a curator at museums and biennials in North and South America, Europe, and Japan; and has published on art extensively worldwide. A frequent lecturer in the U.S. and abroad, Storr has taught at the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, City University of New York Graduate Center, Harvard University, New York Studio School, Rhode Island School of Design, and Tyler School of Art. His writings–encompassing nearly a thousand works—are informed by his deep engagement with current affairs and political history.