{{Short description|Curator and writer of art}} {{Autobiography|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox academic | name = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = <!--{{birth date |1968|10|09}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | workplaces = | education = | alma_mater = New York University | thesis_title = Le vice a la mode : Gustave Courbet and the vogue for lesbianism in the Second Empire | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52426677 | thesis_year = 2000 | doctoral_advisor =Linda Nochlin | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | awards = | website = <!--{{URL|www.maurareilly.com}}--> }}
<!-- Note: The following pages were redirects to Maura Reilly before draftification: * Maura reilly -->'''Maura Reilly''' is the director of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, and previously served as the founding curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Reilly is also known for developing the concept of 'curatorial activism'.
== Biography == Reilly earned a B.A. from Providence College in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable Alumni |url=https://art.providence.edu/students-alumni/notable-alumni/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Art at Providence College |date=March 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> She has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts where she worked under the supervision of Linda Nochlin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Maura Reilly {{!}} School of Art |url=https://art.asu.edu/content/maura-reilly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102205752/https://art.asu.edu/content/maura-reilly |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=art.asu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About: Maura Reilly |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/author/reillym/ |website=Brooklyn Museum |publisher=Brooklyn Museum |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503114219/https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/author/reillym/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Reilly has held positions at Arizona State University, the American Federation of Arts,<ref name=":0" /> as a professor and chair of art theory at the Queensland College of Art at the Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Reilly|first=Maura|title=Richard Bell : uz vs. them|date=2011|publisher=American Federation of Arts|others=Richard Bell, Djon Mundine, American Federation of Arts, Tufts University. Art Gallery|isbn=978-1-904832-95-9|location=New York, NY|oclc=690904774}}</ref> Reilly was the founding curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ryzik |first=Melena |date=2015-08-05 |title=The Guerrilla Girls, After 3 Decades, Still Rattling Art World Cages |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/arts/design/the-guerrilla-girls-after-3-decades-still-rattling-art-world-cages.html |access-date=2022-01-02 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2022-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102205741/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/arts/design/the-guerrilla-girls-after-3-decades-still-rattling-art-world-cages.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She then became the executive director and chief curator of the National Academy of Design.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Sheets |first=Hilarie M. |date=2016-03-30 |title=Female Artists Are (Finally) Getting Their Turn |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/arts/design/the-resurgence-of-women-only-art-shows.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101112539/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/arts/design/the-resurgence-of-women-only-art-shows.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022 Reilly was named director of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Furnas |first=Dawn |date=February 3, 2022 |title=Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick names new art museum director |work=NJBIZ; New Brunswick |url-status= |id={{ProQuest| }} }}</ref>
== Academic work == In 2007, Reilly's first exhibition at the Sackler center was ''Global Feminisms'' which brought together works from 87 women,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Micucci |first=Dana |date=2007-04-19 |title=Feminist art gets place of pride in Brooklyn |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/arts/19iht-raafemina-28463.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2017-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126095001/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/arts/19iht-raafemina-28463.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and presented the work of women in the context of society at large and not a sole focus on gender.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heartney |first=Eleanor |url=http://archive.org/details/reckoningwomenar0000hear |title=The reckoning : women artists of the new millennium |date=2013 |location=Munich; New York |publisher= Prestel |isbn=978-3-7913-4759-2}}</ref>{{Rp|page=176}} Josephine Withers described the show as placing the exhibit beyond "''a priori'' ideas about what feminist art should look like".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Withers |first=Josephine |url=http://archive.org/details/artgenderinterse0000unse |title=Art and gender : an intersexual reader |date=2017 |location=San Diego, California |publisher= Cognella Academic Publishing |isbn=978-1-63487-971-2 |editor-last=Gurley |editor-first=Gregory |chapter=All Representation is Political}}</ref>{{Rp|page=86}} Other exhibits that Reilly coordinated at the Sackler include a 2008 show on Ghada Amer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Karen |date=2008-06-20 |title=Veiled or Naked: Scrutinizing Women's Roles |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/arts/design/20amer.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009032604/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/arts/design/20amer.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rathe |first=Adam |url=http://archive.org/details/The_Brooklyn_Paper-volume-31-issue-12 |title=Obsessed with 'Love' |date=2008 |work=The Brooklyn Paper |volume=31 |pages=11 |language=english |issue=12}}</ref>
In 2015, Reilly organized an all-women issue of ''ARTnews,'' in which she offered up statistics demonstrating systemic sexism in the art world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=Nate|date=May 27, 2015|title=A Sneak Peek Inside the ARTnews All-Women Issue|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/all-women-issue-of-artnews.html|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-date=2022-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102215111/https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/all-women-issue-of-artnews.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Force |first=Thessaly La |date=2018-02-12 |title=Couture for Artists, Dead and Alive |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/t-magazine/artists-outfits-uniforms.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009194454/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/t-magazine/artists-outfits-uniforms.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her work on curatorial activism, as expanded upon in her book ''Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Reilly|first=Maura|title=Curatorial activism : towards an ethics of curating|date=2018|others=Lucy R. Lippard|isbn=978-0-500-23970-4|location=London|publisher=WW Norton|oclc=992571921}}</ref> is cited by others as a means to teach the need for increased visibility of marginalized artists.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Birnbaum|first=Paula|date=March 1, 2020|title=Practicing What We Preach|url=https://www.aam-us.org/2020/03/01/practicing-what-we-preach/|access-date=January 2, 2022|website=American Alliance of Museums}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mannarino|first=Amy|date=2018-03-01|title=What the Data Tell Us About the Challenges Facing Female Artists of Color|url=https://hyperallergic.com/429885/what-the-data-tell-us-about-the-challenges-facing-female-artists-of-color/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118190627/https://hyperallergic.com/429885/what-the-data-tell-us-about-the-challenges-facing-female-artists-of-color/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rebello Magalhães|first1= Ana Maria |last2=Magalhães de Oliveira |first2=Paula Rebello |last3= Sarzi Ribeiro|first3= Regilene Aparecida |last4= Du Aguiar Leme |first4= Iriane|last5= Bazzo Francisco |first5= Renata|date=2023–2024 |title=El activismo curatorial y las historias del arte y el vídeo: mundos caleidoscópicos |journal=Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Diseño y Comunicación |language=es |volume=26 |issue=191 |pages=139–166 |via=EBSCO}}</ref> ''Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating'' was listed as one of the Top 10 Best Art Books of 2018 from the ''New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roberta |last2=Cotter |first2=Holland |last3=Farago |first3=Jason |date=2018-12-13 |title=The Best Art Books of 2018 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/arts/design/best-art-books-of-2018.html |access-date=2022-01-02 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227073910/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/arts/design/best-art-books-of-2018.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2019 she wrote about the lack of representation of women artists in the reinstallation of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reilly|first=Maura|date=2019-10-31|title=MoMA's Revisionism Is Piecemeal and Problem-Filled: Feminist Art Historian Maura Reilly on the Museum's Rehang|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/moma-rehang-art-historian-maura-reilly-13484/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Exhibits curated by Reilly have been reviewed by arts media across the globe, including, most recently, her exhibition ''Wandamba yalungka/Winds change direction,'' which was reviewed in 2021 by The Brooklyn Rail.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Russo|first=Jillian|date=2021-09-01|title=Wandamba yalungka.../Winds change direction...|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/artseen/Wandamba-yalungkaWinds-change-direction|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Brooklyn Rail|language=en-US}}</ref> Reilly and Linda Nochlin co-curated ''Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art'', which was the first show at the Brooklyn Museum's Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art; the show was reviewed by the popular press including ''The New Yorker'' magazine<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Schjeldahl|first=Peter|date=2007-04-02|title=Women's Work|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/09/womens-work-3|access-date=2022-01-02|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024012957/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/09/womens-work-3|url-status=live}}</ref> and the ''New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=2007-03-23|title=They Are Artists Who Are Women; Hear Them Roar|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/arts/design/23glob.html|access-date=2022-01-02|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2022-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102211243/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/arts/design/23glob.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Selected publications == * {{Cite book|title=Global feminisms : new directions in contemporary art|date=2007|others=Maura Reilly, Linda Nochlin, Brooklyn Museum, Davis Museum and Cultural Center|isbn=978-1-85894-390-9|location=London|publisher=Merrell Publishers|oclc=79256724}}<ref>Reviews of ''Global feminisms'' * {{Cite journal|last=Shaw|first=Gwendolyn DuBois|date=2008|editor-last=Reilly|editor-first=Maura|editor2-last=Nochlin|editor2-first=Linda|title=Art without Balls|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20476718|journal=The Women's Review of Books|volume=25|issue=3|pages=7–8|jstor=20476718|issn=0738-1433|archive-date=2022-01-02|access-date=2022-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102215113/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20476718|url-status=live}} * {{Cite journal|last=Muller|first=Dena|date=2008|editor1-last=Reilly|editor1-first=Maura |editor2-last=Nochlin|editor2-first=Linda |title=Review|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521560|journal=Signs|volume=33|issue=2|pages=471–474|doi=10.1086/521560|jstor=10.1086/521560|s2cid=225088612|issn=0097-9740|url-access=subscription}} * {{Cite journal |last=Villemur |first=Frédérique |date=2009 |title=Review of Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution; Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art |journal=Clio. Femmes, Genre, Histoire |issue=29 |pages=261–263 |doi=10.4000/clio.9312 |jstor=44405867 |issn=1252-7017|doi-access=free }}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Reilly|first=Maura|title=Ghada Amer|date=2010|publisher=Gregory R. Miller & Co.|others=Ghada Amer|isbn=978-0-9800242-0-3|location=New York|oclc=549145576}}<ref>Review of ''Ghada Amer'' * {{Cite journal|last=Trent|first=Mary|date=2012|title=Review of Ghada Amer|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24395290|journal=Woman's Art Journal|volume=33|issue=2|pages=46–47|jstor=24395290 |issn=0270-7993}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Nochlin|first=Linda|title=Women artists : the Linda Nochlin reader|date=2015|others=Maura Reilly|isbn=978-0-500-23929-2|location=New York, New York|publisher=Thames & Hudson|oclc=892891670}}<ref>Reviews of ''Women artists'' * {{Cite news|last=Kraus|first=Chris|date=2015-06-25|title='Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/books/review/women-artists-the-linda-nochlin-reader.html|access-date=2022-01-02|issn=0362-4331}} * {{Cite journal|last=Briggs|first=Patricia|date=2016|title=Review of Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26452062|journal=Woman's Art Journal|volume=37|issue=1|pages=63–64|jstor=26452062|issn=0270-7993|archive-date=2022-01-02|access-date=2022-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102215111/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26452062|url-status=live}} * {{Cite news|last=Applin|first=Jo|date=2021-11-04|title=I hope it hurt|language=en|volume=43|work=London Review of Books|issue=21|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n21/jo-applin/i-hope-it-hurt|access-date=2022-01-02|issn=0260-9592|archive-date=2022-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102215112/https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n21/jo-applin/i-hope-it-hurt|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{Cite web|last=Reilly|first=Maura|date=2015-05-26|title=Taking the Measure of Sexism: Facts, Figures, and Fixes|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/taking-the-measure-of-sexism-facts-figures-and-fixes-4111/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}} * {{Cite book|last=Reilly|first=Maura|title=Curatorial activism : towards an ethics of curating|date=2018|others=Lucy R. Lippard|isbn=978-0-500-23970-4|location=London|publisher=WW Norton|oclc=992571921}}<ref>Review of ''Curatorial activism'' * {{Cite journal |last1=Largo |first1=Marissa |last2=Reilly |first2=Maura |date=2018 |title=Review of Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating, ReillyMaura |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26530779 |journal=RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=142–144 |doi=10.7202/1054395ar |jstor=26530779 |issn=0315-9906 |archive-date=2023-10-15 |access-date=2025-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015114305/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26530779 |url-status=live }} * {{Cite journal |last=Boulet |first=Louis |date=2020 |title=Maura Reilly Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating |journal=Esse; Montreal |volume=98 |pages=110–111 |id={{ProQuest| }} }} * {{Cite web |last=Coombs |first=Gretchen |date=2018-09-04 |title=Maura Reilly's Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2018/09/art_books/Curatorial-Activism-Towards-an-Ethics-of-Curating |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=The Brooklyn Rail |language=en-US }}</ref>
== Awards == In 2005, Reilly won the Future Leadership Award from ArtTable,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Previous NLA Awardees|url=https://arttable.org/previous-nla-awardees/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=ArtTable|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102205752/https://arttable.org/previous-nla-awardees/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2006 she received the President Award from the Women's Caucus of Art.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-08-02 |title=Past Honorees {{!}} Women's Caucus for Art |url=https://nationalwca.org/past-honorees/ |access-date=2022-01-02 |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017091823/https://nationalwca.org/past-honorees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Reilly was the guest judge for the 2012 churchie emerging art prize.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Browne |first=Sally |date=29 July 2012 |title=Art innovators |pages=38 |work=The Sunday Mail; Brisbane, Qld.. |id={{ProQuest| }} }}</ref>
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