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Brian Kennedy
Brian P. Kennedy was CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum until December 31, 2020. He previously served every bit the director of the Toledo Museum of Art, the Hood Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra)
Sometime Manager of the Peabody Essex Museum
Incumbent
Causeless part 2019
Director of the Toledo Museum of Art
In office 2010–2019
Director of the Hood Museum of Fine art
In office 2004–2010
Personal details
Born	Brian Patrick Kennedy (1961-xi-05) 5 November 1961 (age 60)
Nationality	Irish
Spouse(s)	Mary Fiona Carlin ​ (m. 1988)​
Alma mater	Academy College Dublin
Occupation	Museum Director

Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum manager who has worked in Republic of ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States. He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigning Dec 31st, 2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He was the managing director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997–2004.

Career [edit]

Brian Kennedy currently lives and works in the The states after leaving Australia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Fine art at Dartmouth Higher. In October 2010 he became the 9th Managing director of the Toledo Museum of Art.^[1] On 1 July 2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.^[2]

Early life and career in Ireland [edit]

Kennedy was born in Dublin and attended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), G.A. (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from Academy Higher-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history.

He worked in the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at the Chester Beatty Library (1983–85), Government Publications Function (1985–86), and Department of Finance (1986–89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988.^{[3] [4]}

He was Banana Director at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historians from 1996–97,^[5] and of the Council of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001–03. In September 1997 he became Managing director of the National Gallery of Commonwealth of australia.

National Gallery of Australia (NGA) [edit]

Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Commonwealth of australia,^{[ citation needed ]} bundled for several major shows of Australian fine art away,^{[ commendation needed ]} increased the number of exhibitions at the museum itself^{[ citation needed ]} and oversaw the evolution of an extensive multi-media site. Although he oversaw several years of the museum'south highest ever annual visitation,^{[ citation needed ]} he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, Betty Churcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions.

During his directorship, the NGA gained government support for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship. However, the initial design for the edifice proved controversial generating a public dispute with the original architect on moral rights grounds. As a upshot, the project was not delivered during Dr Kennedy'south tenure, with a significantly contradistinct design completed some years later on. Private funding supported 2 acquisitions of British art, including David Hockney's A Bigger Chiliad Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud's Later Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy congenital on the established collections at the museum past acquiring the Holmgren-Spertus drove of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler drove of editioned prints, screens, multiples and unique proofs; and the Australian Impress Workshop Archive. He was also notable for campaigning for the construction of a new "forepart" archway to the Gallery, facing Rex Edward Terrace, which was completed in 2010 (see reference to the building projection above).

Kennedy'south cancellation of the "Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGA from 2 June 2000 to xiii August 2000) was controversial, and seen by some as censorship. He claimed that the conclusion was due to the exhibition existence "besides close to the market" implying that a national cultural institution cannot showroom the private collection of a speculative fine art investor. All the same, there were other exhibitions at the NGA during his tenure, which could accept raised like concerns. The exhibition featured the privately endemic Young British Artists works belonging to Charles Saatchi and attracted large attendances in London and Brooklyn. Its most controversial work was Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, a painting which used elephant dung and was accused of being blasphemous. The then-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, campaigned against the exhibition, claiming it was "Catholic-bashing" and an "aggressive, cruel, disgusting attack on religion." In November 1999, Kennedy cancelled the exhibition and stated that the events in New York had "obscured discussion of the artistic merit of the works of art". He has said that it "was the toughest determination of my professional life, so far."^[6]

Kennedy was as well repeatedly questioned on his management of a range of issues during the Australian Government's Senate Estimates process - particularly on the NGA'south occupational health and prophylactic record and concerns about the NGA's twenty-twelvemonth-old air-conditioning system. The ac was finally renovated in 2003.^[seven] Kennedy announced in 2002 that he would non seek extension of his contract beyond 2004, accepting a 7-year term as had his two predecessors.^[8]

He became a articulation Irish-Australian citizen in 2003.^[9]

Toledo Museum of Art [edit]

The Toledo Museum of Art is known for its exceptional collections of European and American paintings and sculpture, drinking glass, antiquities, artist books, Japanese prints and netsuke. The Museum offers free access and is recognized for its historical leadership in the field of art education. During his tenure, Kennedy has focused the Museum'due south art education efforts on visual literacy, which he defines equally "learning to read, understand and write visual language." Initiatives have included baby^[x] and toddler tours, specialized grooming for all staff, docents, volunteers and the launch of a website, world wide web.vislit.org. In Nov 2014, the Museum hosted the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) briefing, the beginning Museum to do so.^[11] Kennedy has been a frequent speaker on the topic, including 2010^[12] and 2013^[13] TEDx talks on visual and sensory literacy.

Kennedy has expressed an interest in expanding the Museum'south collection of contemporary fine art and art past indigenous peoples.^[xiv] Works by Frank Stella, Sean Scully, Jaume Plensa,^[15] Ravinder Reddy^[16] and Mary Sibande^[17] take been acquired. In addition, the Museum has made major acquisitions of Old Master paintings by Frans Hals^[xviii] and Luca Giordano.^[19]

During his tenure the Toledo Museum of Fine art has announced the return of several objects from its collection due to claims the objects were stolen and/or illegally exported prior beingness sold to the Museum. In 2011 a Meissen sweetmeat stand up was returned to Germany followed by an Etruscan Kalpis or water jug to Italy (2013), an Indian sculpture of Ganesha (2014)^[20] and an astrological compendium to Germany in 2015.^{[21] [22]}

Hood Museum of Art [edit]

Kennedy became Director of the Hood Museum of Art in July 2005.^[23] During his tenure, he implemented a serial of large and small-scale exhibitions and oversaw the production of more than 20 publications to bring greater public attention to the museum'south remarkable collections of the arts of America, Europe, Africa, Papua New Guinea and the Polar regions. At lxx,000 objects, the Hood has 1 of the largest collections on any American college of university campus. The exhibition, Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body, toured several United states of america venues. Kennedy increased campus curricular employ of works of art, with thousands of objects pulled from storage for classes annually. Numerous acquisitions were made with the museum'southward generous endowments, and he curated several exhibitions: including Wenda Gu: Forest of Rock Steles: Retranslation and Rewriting Tang Dynasty Poetry, Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe, and Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons.^[24]

Publications [edit]

Kennedy has written or edited a number of books on art, including:

• Alfred Chester Beatty and Republic of ireland 1950-1968: A study in cultural politics, Glendale Press (1988), ISBN 978-0-907606-49-9
• Dreams and responsibilities: The country and arts in contained Republic of ireland, Arts Council of Republic of ireland (1990), ISBN 978-0-906627-32-7
• Jack B Yeats: Jack Butler Yeats, 1871-1957 (Lives of Irish gaelic Artists), Unipub (Oct 1991), ISBN 978-0-948524-24-0
• The Anatomy Lesson: Art and Medicine (with Davis Coakley), National Gallery of Ireland (January 1992), ISBN 978-0-903162-65-4
• Ireland: Fine art into History (with Raymond Gillespie), Roberts Rinehart Publishers (1994), ISBN 978-1-57098-005-3
• Irish gaelic Painting, Roberts Rinehart Publishers (Nov 1997), ISBN 978-1-86059-059-7
• Sean Scully: The Fine art of the Stripe, Hood Museum of Art (October 2008), ISBN 978-0-944722-34-three
• Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons, 1965-1966, Hood Museum of Art (Oct 2010), ISBN 978-0-944722-39-8

Honors and achievements [edit]

Kennedy was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to Australian Gild and its fine art.^[25] He is a trustee and treasurer of the Association of Fine art Museum Directors, a peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums and a fellow member of the International Clan of Art Critics. In 2013 he was appointed inaugural eminent professor at the University of Toledo and received an honorary doctorate from Lourdes University.^[26] Most recently, Kennedy received the 2014 Northwest Region, Ohio Fine art Education Association honour for distinguished educator for fine art education.

Notes [edit]

1. ^ "Brian P. Kennedy chosen as new director of Toledo Museum of Art". Cleveland Plain Dealer. thirty June 2010.
2. ^ Selvin, Claire (eight March 2019). "Peabody Essex Museum Appoints Brian Kennedy as Executive Director and CEO". ARTnews . Retrieved 1 July 2019.
3. ^ Who'southward Who in Commonwealth of australia. 2004.
4. ^ Who's Who in America. 2009.
5. ^ "Arts and human rights". Humanities Enquiry Eye, Australian National University. xxx July 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
6. ^ Valerie M. Arvidson (2006). "A Curator from the Outback". Dartmouth Free Printing. Archived from the original on 12 Dec 2007. Retrieved fourteen Oct 2006.
7. ^ "Passing on a 'poisoned chalice'". The Age. xiv Feb 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2006.
8. ^ "National Gallery Director resigns". PM. 9 February 2004. Retrieved 10 Nov 2006.
9. ^ Alan Ramsey. "The Irish gaelic-Aussie optics were smiling", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2014
10. ^ "TAP Tested: TMA Baby Tours". Toledo Parent News. May 2013. Retrieved xxx April 2015.
11. ^ "IVLA 2014 Conference Registration". ivla.org. International Visual Literacy Association. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
12. ^ "Visual Literacy: Why Nosotros Demand Information technology". YouTube. TEDx Talks. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 29 Apr 2015.
13. ^ "Sensory Literacy: Brian Kennedy at TEDx Toledo". YouTube. TEDx Toledo. Archived from the original on nineteen December 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
14. ^ Criswell, Kristen (nine September 2010). "Brian Kennedy starts equally new director of TMA". Toledo Free Press. Archived from the original on 27 Baronial 2018. Retrieved 29 Apr 2015.
15. ^ Lane, Tahree (13 March 2013). "Superstar sculptor Jaume Plensa to give a talk at the art museum". The Blade . Retrieved 29 April 2015.
16. ^ "Apollo Society Acquires Gimmicky Indian Work". Toledo Museum of Fine art. Archived from the original on 15 Apr 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
17. ^ "Apollo Gild Selects Works by Global Gimmicky Artists". Toledo Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
18. ^ Lane, Tahree (4 October 2011). "Toledo Museum of Art gets prized Dutch painting". The Blade . Retrieved 29 April 2015.
19. ^ Lindstrom, Linda (14 November 2014). "Toledo Museum of Fine art unveils Italian Baroque masterpiece". The Blade . Retrieved 29 Apr 2015.
20. ^ Mashberg, Tom (7 April 2015). "Museums Brainstorm Returning Artifacts to Republic of india in Response to Investigation". The New York Times . Retrieved 29 April 2015.
21. ^ Mullen, Roneisha (2 October 2014). "Bronze statue on display at Toledo Museum of Art being returned to Regime of India". The Blade . Retrieved 29 April 2015.
22. ^ "Provenance". toledomuseum.org. Archived from the original on 10 Apr 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
23. ^ "Brian Kennedy appointed Director of Dartmouth'south Hood Museum of Fine art". Dartmouth News. 8 March 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2006.
24. ^ "Past Exhibitions". Hood Museum of Art. Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on v May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
25. ^ It's an Accolade. Retrieved 24 July 2014
26. ^ "Lourdes University'due south Commencement". Toledo Blade. eighteen May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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