I have gained curatorial experience at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, first, for an exhibition of Botticelli’s panel paintings (Botticelli: Heroines and Heroes) and, second, for an exhibition on John Singer Sargent and the African-American model, Thomas E. McKeller.

In 2019, my archival research on a then-unknown McKeller, under the guidance of Nathaniel Silver (Director, ISGM), brought new information to light regarding McKeller’s life in North Carolina and in Massachusetts; his relationship to Sargent and Isabella Gardner; and – most powerfully – his family and living descendants. With the support of the ISGM, McKeller’s descendants were able to learn about the history of their relative for the first time, to see his drawn and painted likenesses, and to contribute their own stories to the award-winning exhibition, Boston’s Apollo.

McKeller’s life has now been the subject of multiple retellings, including a theatrical performance and an (upcoming) film. The exhibition catalog upon which I worked was awarded the 2020 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award.

My research for the Gardner has been featured in the New York Times.

I have also written for exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. These include, most recently, exhibition text for Questions of Drawing (ExVoto Gallery, London) and on Deborah Willis’s printmaking in Creative Communities: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives (Harvard Art Museums).