Wendy Kaplan
Wendy Kaplan has been at LACMA since 2001. Previously, she held curatorial positions at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University in Miami, Glasgow Museums in Scotland, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A specialist in late 19th- and 20th-century design, she has authored or co-authored many books on the subject such as Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985 (2017); California Design, 1930–1965: “Living in a Modern Way” (2011); The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe and America: Design for the Modern World (2004); Leading "The Simple Life": The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain (1999); Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1996); Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion, 1885–1945 (1995); The Arts and Crafts Movement (1991); and "The Art that is Life”: The Arts and Crafts Movement in America (1987), as well as organized major exhibitions on these subjects.
The recipient of many fellowships—most notably the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome (2000)—she has also twice received the prize for the year’s most outstanding publication given by the Art Libraries Society of North America. In 2012, "California Design" received the award for Best Architecture or Design Show from the International Association of Art Critics—United States Section, and in 2019, "Found in Translation" won the College Art Association award for the most distinguished museum publication.
The recipient of many fellowships—most notably the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome (2000)—she has also twice received the prize for the year’s most outstanding publication given by the Art Libraries Society of North America. In 2012, "California Design" received the award for Best Architecture or Design Show from the International Association of Art Critics—United States Section, and in 2019, "Found in Translation" won the College Art Association award for the most distinguished museum publication.
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