Michael R. Taylor is a curator, author, and expert in modern and contemporary art with a focus on Dada, Surrealism, and the work of

Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, ; ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, Futurism and conceptual art. He is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Pica ...

. With a Ph.D in Art History from the

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. The art collection is known particularly for ...

in London, he was a Curator of Modern Art at the

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from 1997 until 2011, and Director of the

Hood Museum of Art The Hood Museum of Art is an art museum owned and operated by Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The first reference to the development of an art collection at Dartmouth was in 1772, making the collection among the oldest and largest, a ...

at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from 2011 until 2015 In May 2015, the

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announced its appointment of Dr. Taylor as Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education.

Selected bibliography

* ''Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés'', New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009. * ''Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective'', New Haven: Yale University Press, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009. * ''Thomas Chimes: Adventures in 'Pataphysics, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007. * Co-Author (with

Dawn Adès Josephine Dawn Adès, (''née'' Tylden-Pattenson; born 6 May 1943), also known as Dawn Adès, is a British art historian and academic. She is professor emeritus of art history and theory at the University of Essex. Early life and education Ad� ...

), ''Salvador Dalí: The Centennial Retrospective'', Milan: Bompiani, and New York: Rizzoli, 2004. * ''Jacques Lipchitz and Philadelphia'', Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum Bulletin series, 2004. * ''Giorgio de Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne'', Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, and London: Merrell Publishers, 2002. * Co-author (with Ann Temkin and Susan Rosenberg), ''Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of Art'', Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000.

References

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