Laurie Ann Farrell is Senior Curator at the Dallas Contemporary Museum. She was previously Head of Modern and Contemporary Art Department and Curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts from 2016 to 2019. From 2007 to 2016 Farrell was Executive Director of exhibitions at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She started her career in 1999 at the Museum for African Art in New York where she was the first Curator of Contemporary Art.
In 2006, she organized the American participation at the inaugural Trienal de Luanda with support and funding provided by the U.S. Department of State. Farrell received the Abraaj Capital Art Prize with artist Kader Attia in 2010, ArtTable New Leadership award in 2011, and Southeast Museum Conference 2015 Museum Leadership Award. Widely published in art journals, Farrell has lectured throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
