Charles L. Venable
American art curator and museum director / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Lane Venable (born 1960 (1960)) is an American art curator and museum director. Early in his career, he published multiple articles and books on American art history, including on the history of silverware and furniture. Starting in 1986, Venable was a curator at the Dallas Museum of Art, before moving to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2002, and the Speed Art Museum in 2007, where he served as the director. In 2012, Venable became the director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which was renamed to "Newfields" under a rebranding effort he initiated. Venable served as the head of the museum until 2021, when he stepped down from the role amidst calls for his removal.
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Born | Charles Lane Venable 1960 (age 63ā64) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Education | Rice University (1982) University of Delaware (1986) Boston University (Ph.D. 1993) |
Occupation | Museum director |
Children | 1 |