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Margaret K Koerner

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Margaret K Koerner
BornMargaret L Koster
(1965-03-30) March 30, 1965 (age 59)
Providence, Rhode Island, US
🏳️ NationalityAmerican
🏫 EducationColumbia University
The Courtauld Institute
Middlebury College
💼 Occupation
Notable workWilliam Kentridge. Smoke, Ashes, Fable (2018), Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation (2008)
👩 Spouse(s)Joseph Koerner (2003–present)

Margaret K Koerner (née Koster; born March 30, 1965) is an American art historian and curator.

Education and career[edit]

Born in Providence, RI, Margaret Koerner attended the Madeira School in Great Falls, VA, graduating in 1983. After receiving a B.A. in Art History from Middlebury College, she worked at Sotheby’s London and New York in the departments of Old Master Drawings and Books and Manuscripts. She received her M.A. (1993) from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and Ph.D. (2000) from Columbia University, dissertating on Hugo van der Goes.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Koerner has taught at Indiana University, Bloomington (1999-2000), the Courtauld Institute and Harvard University. She was an Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in the European Paintings Department at The Art Institute of Chicago. Koerner has published widely in the field of Northern Renaissance Art, including a much-discussed 2003 article on Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait.[5] [6][7]

In 2018 Koerner curated a major exhibition of the South African Artist, William Kentridge: Smoke Ashes Fable at Sint-Janshospitaal Bruges, one of Europe’s oldest hospital complexes.[8]

Personal life[edit]

In 2003, Koerner married Joseph Koerner, an art historian and Harvard Professor. She has two children and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[9]

Works[edit]

  • William Kentridge. Smoke, Ashes, Fable, 2018 ISBN 978-3-518-03499-6 Search this book on .
  • Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation, 2008 ISBN 9781905375158 Search this book on .

References[edit]

  1. Koster, Margaret (2008). Hugo Van Der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation. Belgium: Harvey Miller Publishers. p. 3. ISBN 9781905375158. Search this book on
  2. Koster, Margaret (2000). "Renaissance Venice and the North". Simiolus Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. 28: 317. doi:10.2307/3780969. JSTOR 3780969.
  3. Koster, Margaret (1998). "Reconsidering St Catherine of Bologna with three donors by the Baroncelli Master of Bruges". Simiolus Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. 26: 5. doi:10.2307/3780870. JSTOR 3780870.
  4. Krauss, Rosalind (2017). William Kentridge. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. p. xv. ISBN 9780262533454. Search this book on
  5. Koster, Margaret L., "The Arnolfini double portrait: a simple solution", Apollo, volume 158, issue 499, pages 3–14, September 2003
  6. Fenton, James (2003-09-12). "Besides, the wench is dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. Craig, Tristan (2019-11-17). "The Arnolfini Portrait and the Limits of interpretation". Retrospect Journal. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  8. "William Kentridge Smoke, Ashes, Fable" (PDF) (Press release). Bruges, Belgium: Musea Brugge. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  9. New York Times wedding announcement

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