Allison Glenn is a New York based curator and writer focusing on the intersection of art and public space, through public art and special projects, biennials, and major new commissions by a wide range of contemporary artists. She is Artistic Director at-large of The Shepherd, a three-and-a-half-acre arts campus part of the newly christened Little Village cultural district in Detroit. She is also curator of the 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art.
Previous roles include Co-Curator of Counterpublic Triennial 2023, Senior Curator at Public Art Fund, Guest Curator at the Speed Art Museum, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Curatorial Associate + Publications Manager for Prospect New Orleans’ international art triennial Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp.
Glenn has been a visiting critic, lecturer, and guest speaker at a number of universities, including University of Pennsylvania, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Louisiana State University, and Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her writing has been featured in catalogues published by The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Counterpublic Triennial, Prospect New Orleans triennial, Princeton Architectural Press, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Kemper Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem, and she has contributed to Artforum, ART PAPERS, Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, and ART21 Magazine, amongst others.
Glenn sits on the Board of Directors for ARCAthens, a curatorial and artist residency program based in Athens, Greece, New Orleans, LA and The Bronx, New York. She received dual Master’s Degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Modern Art History, Theory and Criticism and Arts Administration and Policy, and a Bachelor of Fine Art Photography with a co-major in Urban Studies from Wayne State University in Detroit.
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