Brooklyn Museum appoints two new curators
The Brooklyn Museum has appointed two new curators: Stephanie Sparling Williams has been appointed the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art, and Kimberli Gant has been appointed Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Sparling Williams will join the staff in December 2021. As the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art, she will oversee the interpretation and presentation of one of the museum’s oldest and most celebrated collections, consisting of more than 1,400 paintings and sculptures from the colonial period through 1960 as well as more than 4,500 works on paper.
In collaboration with the curatorial team, Sparling Williams will shepherd the museum’s mission to expand the art historical canon by highlighting underrepresented narratives, including those of Black Americans, indigenous peoples of the Americas, and women. Sparling Williams will also help to lead the Council for African American Art, with the goal of supporting the acquisition, study, conservation, and presentation of the Museum’s collection of African American art.