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| Kimerly Rorschach, Adjunct Professor and Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director of the Nasher Museum | |||||||||
 Specialization:
18th Century European Art Research Interests:
Kimerly Rorschach has been the Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University since 2004. She was Director of the University of Chicago's David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art from 1994-2004 and before that held curatorial positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. She is an expert on European art of the 18th century and has published many articles and exhibition catalogues. Her interests include 17th and 18th century art, particularly in England; museum history and theory; patronage and collecting; the art market; art law; and legal, economic, and political issues in museums and the history of art. She has organized numerous exhibitions ranging from 18th-century European art to international contemporary art. She is a member, trustee, and current first Vice President of the Association of Art Museum Directors, which represents 200 art museums in the U. S., Canada, and Mexico. She also serves on the board of the American Federation of Arts, a museum service organization in New York, and chairs the federation’s exhibitions committee.
Teaching (Spring 2012):
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