Authors

Igshaan Adams lives and works in Cape Town.

Ellenor Alcorn is the Chair and Eloise W. Martin Curator of Applied Arts of Europe at the Art Institute of Chicago, a position she assumed in September 2018.

James H. Allan is executive director, Philanthropy, at the Art Institute of Chicago. In his more than 25 years with the organization, he has held a variety of roles at the museum, the School, and the Gene Siskel Film Center. His focus has long been connecting members and donors with institutional priorities and stewarding the generous gifts of previous generations.

In addition to his work at the museum, James is a docent with the Chicago Architecture Center and has led a variety of tours for them over the last 25 years. His specialty is the Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise. He holds a BSFS from Georgetown University, where his coursework included art history, architectural history, and art and culture.

Adrian Anagnost is Associate Professor of Art History in the Newcomb Art Department at Tulane University.

Tere Arcq is an independent curator and art historian.

Ashley Arico serves as the museum’s associate curator of ancient Egyptian art in our Arts of Africa department.

Lara Balikci is a research assistant in Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Horace D. Ballard is the Theodore E. Stebbins Associate Curator of American Art at The Fogg/ Harvard Art Museums.

Emily Benedict is the associate vice president for Capital Programs at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she oversees all aspects of the museum’s major construction projects, from concept through completion.

Elizabeth Hahn Benge is collection manager for Arts of Africa and Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Annika Bohanec was a 2021–22 Mellon Undergraduate Fellow in Arts of the Americas.

Emerson Bowyer is Searle Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Mary Broadway is associate conservator in the Department of Prints and Drawings.

Jessica BrodeFrank has spent the last decade working in cultural heritage institutions, running digital asset management, digital humanities research, and digital curation.

Christopher Brooks serves as a conservation technician for frames.