David Balzer is a writer, editor, and teacher. He is the author of Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else, winner of ICA London’s 2015 Book … Continued

Renée Lear is a video artist, performer, photographer and filmmaker. She holds a BFA in New Media from the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University, Toronto and received an … Continued

JANET MACPHERSON earned her Bachelor degree in philosophy from York University, and studied ceramics at Sheridan College. She holds an MFA with a focus on ceramics from The Ohio State … Continued

Sebastian Izzard is President of Sebastian Izzard LLC, an independent, New York-based company specializing in Asian art, with a particular emphasis on Japan and Korea. The company has organized numerous … Continued

JEFFREY RUDA Jeffrey Ruda (Ph.D., Harvard) is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of California Davis, where he was chair of Art History for twelve years, on and … Continued

WILLIAM R. SARGENT William R. Sargent is an independent scholar and curator, and former H. A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art at the Peabody Essex Museum. He has … Continued

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Leslie B. Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass, joined the Winterthur staff in 1999 and is responsible for the Museum’s 22,000+ glass and ceramic objects. She began her curatorial … Continued