Claire Gilman

Claire Gilman is Acquavella Curator and Department Head of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York where she recently opened her first exhibition Lisa Yuskavage: Drawings (June 27, 2025 - January 4th, 2026). Before joining the Morgan, Gilman was Chief Curator at The Drawing Center where, over the past fourteen years, she oversaw the museum’s curatorial program, organizing more than fifty exhibitions and public programs and authoring numerous catalogues. Projects ranged from first U.S. solo museum exhibitions of artists such as Huguette Caland, Rashid Johnson, and Cecily Brown, commissioned projects by Torkwase Dyson, Eddie Martinez, and Naudline Pierre, as well as conceptually driven group shows. Gilman holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and has taught art history and critical theory at Columbia; the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College; the Corcoran College of Art and Design; The Museum of Modern Art; and the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in addition to lecturing on modern and contemporary art throughout the country and overseas. She has written for Art Journal, Bomb, The Brooklyn Rail, CAA Reviews, Documents, Frieze, and October and has authored numerous essays for art books and museum exhibitions. Her book Drawing in the Present Tense, co-authored with Roger Malbert, was recently published by Thames and Hudson.