Hal Glicksman (born 1937) is an American curator of contemporary art, educator, and writer.

Family and education

Glicksman was born in Beverly Hills, California. He attended Beverly Hills High School between 1951–1955 and UCLA 1955–59. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History in 1956.

Career

Glicksman's career began when he worked as a preparator at

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that was under the direction of the curator

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. At the museum, Glicksman participated in formalizing a set of professional guidelines for preparators. While also employed at the museum, Glicksman worked on the

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retrospective from 1963. Glicksman contributed to the planning and design of the

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at Carmelita Park. Glicksman was a founding board member of the Computer Access Center. This organization makes computer technology for persons with disabilities. In 1983, Glicksman assumed the role of Director of Publications for

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. This was a startup company that published personal how-to books and computer games for personal computer computers. He has authored The Musical Atari and Games Apples Play. Glicksman took on the role of the Associate Director of The Center for the Educational Applications of Brain Hemisphere Research in 1986 at California State University Long Beach. The Center was directed and managed by

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. While working there, Glicksman produced workshops and lectures in the United States, Japan, and Europe.

Later life

In May 1997, Glicksman proposed the color theory that "White is Green" at the International Association of Color AIC Color in

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. Additionally, he presented this theory and the "Percept Color Wheel at Electronic Imaging '99

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, January 1999, and White is Green - New Schematic Diagrams at AIC Color 2001 in Rochester New York, June 2001. Glicksman returned to curating between 2005-2011 for The Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time Art in L.A. 1945-1980 initiative.

References

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