Adam Weinberg
Adam D. Weinberg has been the Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art since 2003. During his tenure, he has overseen range of major exhibitions, award winning educational programs, and dramatic growth in the permanent collection, as well as organized exhibitions with other museums internationally. In 2010, the Whitney launched a capital campaign for the construction of a new Renzo Piano-designed building, scheduled to open in 2015.
From 1999 to 2003, Weinberg was the Director of the addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, Andover. At the Whitney, he was named Senior Curator in 1998 after holding the post of Curator of the Permanent Collection for five years. In 1991, Weinberg became the Artistic and Program Director of the American Center in Paris. He joined the Whitney for the first time in 1989 as Director of the Whitney at Equitable Center. Beginning in 1981, Weinberg served as Director of Education and Assistant Curator at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Weinberg is the author of numerous catalogs and essays on contemporary and modern art. He has served as a board member of diverse organizations including the American Federation of the Arts; Storm King Art Center; Williamstown Art Conservation Center; Tang Museum, Skidmore College; and the Colby College Museum of Art. He has been a grant panelist for numerous federal, state, city, and private foundations. He holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MA from the Visual Studies Workshop, the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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