Luis Croquer
American museum and gallery curator (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luis Croquer (born 1968) is an American museum and gallery curator.
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Occupation | Gallery curator |
The son of a Venezuelan diplomat, Croquer travelled widely in his early years.[1] He studied anthropology at Goldsmith's College and went on to take a Master's degree in Art History at State University of New York at Purchase, as a Fulbright scholar.[2][3]
In New York, Croquer worked as a curator at El Museo del Barrio. He moved to Detroit in December 2008 to take up the post of Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art, where he oversaw a $350,000 refurbishment of the main building.[1][4] He was the first permanent director appointed to the museum.[5]
In 2012, he was appointed Deputy Director of Art and Education at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle[2][6] and in 2017 was named the Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University.[7] [8] Croquer stepped down as head of the Rose Art Museum in June 2020.[9]