Authors

Joanna Abijaoude is the administrative coordinator for the Architecture and Design and Modern and Contemporary Art departments at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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.

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

Josh Andrews is the web product manager, Experience Design, at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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 Greece, Rome, and Byzantium.

Travonda Bennett is manager, talent development, in People and Culture at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Ross Lee Bernhaut was the graduate curatorial intern in Arts of Asia from January through May of 2024 and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan.

Giampaolo Bianconi is Dittmer Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.