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Henry Geldzahler (July 9, 1935 – August 16, 1994) was a Belgian-born American curator of contemporary art in the late 20th century, as well as a historian and critic of modern art. He is best known for his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as New York City Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, and for his social role in the art world with a close relationship with contemporary artists.
Aug 17, 1994 · Henry Geldzahler, the curator, critic and public official whose enthusiastic advocacy of contemporary art made his name synonymous with the art scene in New York for three decades, died yesterday ...
Feb 25, 2019 · The son of a diamond broker, Henry Geldzahler was born in the Belgian city of Antwerp in 1935. The family fled to the United States in 1940, the year of the Nazi occupation of Belgium. Raised in New York, Geldzahler studied art history at Yale and then Harvard before joining the Met.
Henry Geldzahler’s life was a testament to his passion for contemporary art, his keen eye for talent, and his deep connections with artists. His groundbreaking curatorial work, advocacy for AIDS ...
Henry Geldzahler was of Jewish-Belgian descent; in 1940 his family emigrated to the United States after Belgium was occupied by the Nazis, where he graduated in 1957 from Yale University. Three years later, Geldzahler started working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in one point he became the Curator for American Art, and later ...
Search for: 'Henry Geldzahler' in Oxford Reference ». (1935–94)American administrator and writer, born in Antwerp, the son of a diamond broker. His mother held American citizenship and the family settled in New York in 1940 after fleeing Belgium because of the Second World War. Geldzahler studied art history at Yale, graduating in 1957, then ...
Feb 14, 2015 · “The New York School, 1969: Henry Geldzahler at the Metropolitan Museum of Art” runs until March 14th at the Paul Kasmin Gallery, 297 Tenth Avenue. David Levesley is the Forward’s arts and ...
