Johanna Burton

Johanna Burton is
Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement at the New
Museum in New York and the series editor for the Critical Anthologies in Art
and Culture. An art historian, a critic, and a curator, she has contributed
articles and reviews to numerous journals—including Artforum, Art
Journal, October,
and Texte zur Kunst—as
well as to exhibition catalogs for institutions throughout the world. Burton
has curated or co-curated many exhibitions across the country. She is the editor of Cindy
Sherman (October Files,
MIT Press, 2006) and coeditor (with Shannon Jackson and Dominic Willsdon)
of Public Servants: Art and the
Crisis of the Common Good (New
Museum and MIT Press, 2016). Prior to her work at the New Museum, Burton was Director
of the Graduate Program
at the Center for Curatorial Studies
at Bard College (2010–13) and Associate Director
and senior faculty member at the Whitney Independent Study Program (2008–10).