The Olga Hirshhorn Collection
Senior MUSEUM Preparator & Exhibition Designer
ARTIS-Naples The baker museum, September 2016 - JULY 2017
• Coordinated with registrar team on acquisition, transportation, storage and cleaning of 400 piece collection.
• Managed, trained and elevated in house and contract art handling teams and maintained all museum standards.
• Oversaw all aspects of exhibition operations.
• Designed and implemented exhibition schedule and team workflow systems
• Collaborated directly with curators and executive leadership on exhibition design.
This exhibition was an acknowledgment of Olga Hirshhorn’s legacy and a celebration of the collection she has left to Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum for this community to enjoy. Through a representative selection, the exhibition examines recurring themes in Hirshhorn’s collection, including the friendships she and her husband, Joseph, maintained with prominent artists as well as her eclectic collecting practice.
Consisting of more than 400 works created by some of the foremost modern European and American artists such as Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Larry Rivers and Josef Albers, among others, The Olga Hirshhorn Collection reflects her diverse interests and tastes as a collector. Throughout the exhibition, pre-Columbian, African and Asian objects attest to Olga’s passion for travel and non-Western arts and culture.
Significant pieces on loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., complement the works on view.
