Emily Ziemba

Emily Ziemba is the director of curatorial administration and research curator for the Department of Prints and Drawings. Since joining the museum in 2001, she has contributed to several exhibitions, including The Artist and the Poet (2013), Undressed: The Fashion of Privacy (2013), and Helen Frankenthaler Prints: The Romance of a New Medium (2018). In 2017 Emily was selected for the first exchange of German/American Provenance Researchers organized by the Smithsonian Institution and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation-National Museums in Berlin.
She earned her master’s degree at Southern Methodist University.
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Five Favorites of French Neoclassical Art
The curators behind two exhibitions of works from an unparalleled private collection share their must-see picks.
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Made for the Present: The Many Styles of Pablo Picasso
Trace the major artistic approaches and themes Picasso explored at various points across his 70-year career.
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Inspiring Picasso
Meet a few of the people—a friend, a printer, an art dealer, a romantic partner, and two children—who impacted the artist and his work.
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Ellsworth Kelly’s Life in Portraits
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the acclaimed painter, sculptor, and printmaker with a rare look at his deeply personal portraiture.
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“A Way to See What I’m Thinking”: A Conversation with Mel Bochner
The artist discusses his connections to the Art Institute, the variety and specificity of drawing mediums, and why “humor isn’t a laughing matter.”
Kevin Salatino and Emily Ziemba