2007 Art Museum Curator Awards

The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) announced its 2007 winners of Awards for Excellence in the categories of museum catalogues, articles and exhibitions.

Highest Honors for Permanent Collection Catalogue:

• Liedtke, Walter A. Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.

This two-volume in-depth study of the institution's 229 Dutch paintings from 1600 to 1800 was written by Walter Liedtke, Curator of European Paintings. The authoritative text was published to coincide with The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a landmark special exhibition from September 18, 2007 to January 6, 2008. Liedtke's work, a long-term project, was cited for its exceptional levels of scholarship, originality and depth of research.

Highest Honors for Special Exhibition Catalogue:

• Armstrong, Elizabeth, et al. Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury (exh. cat.). New York: Prestel Publishing, 2007.

Having outdistanced its competition, the book was recognized for its highly successful interdisciplinary approach.

Honorable Mentions:

• LaGamma, Alisa, et al. Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.
• Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe. Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007.

Outstanding Essay:

• Ilchman, Frederick, “Tintoretto as a Painter of Religious Narrative,” in Falomir, Miguel (ed.). Tintoretto. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2007.

Outstanding Exhibitions or Installations:

• Jasper Johns: Gray, curated by James Rondeau and Douglas Druick with Mark Pascale and Nan Rosenthal. Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in cooperation with The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• The New Greek and Roman Galleries at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, curated by Carlos A. Picon, Joan Mertens, Elizabeth Milleker, Christopher Lightfoot and Sean Hemingway.
• WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, curated by Cornelia Butler and organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in cooperation with the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York and the Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia.

The Association of Art Museum Curators

Located on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the Association of Art Museum Curators was founded in 2001 to provide support for curators of North American museums. Boasting a strong membership of more than 850 professionals, the organization serves as an important advocacy group for curators, articulates standards, encourages research and scholarship, promotes educational programs and intellectual exchange, publishes detailed information about traveling exhibitions and offers a meaningful platform for the discussion of museum-related issues.

Hals, Merrymakers at Shrovetide (ca. 1615)

Fang Peoples, Black Venus (19th Century)

New Greek and Roman Galleries

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