Daisy Desrosiers is an interdisciplinary art historian and the current director and chief curator of The Gund at Kenyon College. She was previously the inaugural director of artist programs at the Lunder Institute for American Art at the Colby Museum of Art at Colby College (Maine). She was a cocurator of the first Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Toronto Triennale, titled GTA21, in 2021. Desrosiers also was part of the 2023 Center for Curatorial Leadership cohort. Her past fellowships include Nicholas Fox Weber curatorial residency at The Glucksman museum in Cork (Ireland) and a curatorial fellowship at Brooklyn-based nonprofit Art in General. She is a contributor to the 2024 Prospect 6 New Orleans catalog, writing on artist Joan Jonas; the 2021 New Museum Triennial publication, and As We Rise (Aperture, 2021). She sits on the board of directors of the art gallery of University College Cork.
Art
Fall 2024
Introduction
When I take images, it’s like I’m dancing with the subject. It’s about rhythm, timing, and emotion — just like jazz. — Ming Smith Photographer Ming Smith’s fifty-decade-long career offers profound insights into […]