Allison Glenn is a New York-based curator and writer focusing on the intersection of art and public space through biennials and special projects, public art, and major new commissions by a wide range of contemporary artists. For over fifteen years, Glenn has been devoted to realizing ambitious and experimental exhibitions and site-specific artist projects with artists working across the globe. She is serving as curator of the 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art, and is a curator with Espacio Central, as part of the CARA Platform located in Guatemala City.
Previous curatorial roles include Artistic Director of The Shepherd, Curator of Special Projects for Untitled Miami Beach 2025, co-curator of Counterpublic Triennial 2023, visiting curator at The University of Tulsa, Senior Curator at New York's Public Art Fund, and Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. At Crystal Bridges, Glenn shaped how outdoor sculpture activates and engaged the 120-acre campus through a series of newly fabricated commissions, touring group exhibitions, and long-term loans. She gained broad acclaim for organizing the pathbreaking 2021 exhibition Promise, Witness, Remembrance at Louisville, Kentucky’s Speed Art Museum. Glenn also held a curatorial and publications role with Prospect New Orleans Triennial and was a Curatorial Fellow with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Her writing has been featured in catalogues published by Sharjah Art Foundation, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Counterpublic Triennial, Prospect New Orleans Triennial, Princeton Architectural Press, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, and more, and has contributed to Artforum, ART PAPERS, Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, ART21 Magazine, Pelican Bomb, Ruckus Journal and Newcity, amongst others. Glenn has been a visiting critic, lecturer, and guest speaker at a number of universities, including The University of Tulsa, University of Pennsylvania, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Pacific Northwest College of Art.
She is a member of Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Public Art Consortium Collaboration Committee and is an Advisory Board member 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.
