Walter Hopps

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Walter Hopps was an influential American museum director and curator known for championing avant-garde and contemporary artists, particularly on the West Coast.

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instanceOf American
art curator
museum director
person
awardReceived Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
coFounded Ferus Gallery
coFoundedWith Ed Kienholz
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
curatedExhibition early solo exhibitions of Andy Warhol
early solo exhibitions of Ed Ruscha
early solo exhibitions of Jasper Johns
early solo exhibitions of Robert Rauschenberg
early solo exhibitions of Roy Lichtenstein
first museum retrospective of Marcel Duchamp in the United States
curatedExhibitionAt Norton Simon Museum
surface form: Pasadena Art Museum
dateOfBirth 1932-05-03
dateOfDeath 2005-03-20
employer Corcoran Gallery of Art (original building)
surface form: Corcoran Gallery of Art

Ferus Gallery
Menil Collection
Norton Simon Museum
surface form: Pasadena Art Museum
familyName Hopps
fullName Walter Hopps self-link
genre contemporary art exhibitions
modern art exhibitions
givenName Walter
influenced curatorial approaches to contemporary art
museum exhibition practices in the United States
knownFor championing avant-garde artists
innovative exhibition design
promoting contemporary art on the American West Coast
movement avant-garde art
contemporary art
notableWork Ferus Gallery
surface form: The Artists of Ferus (exhibition)
occupation art curator
art dealer
museum director
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
positionHeld adjunct senior curator at the Menil Collection
co-director of Ferus Gallery
director of Corcoran Gallery of Art
director of Pasadena Art Museum
founding director of the Menil Collection
residence Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States

Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
workLocation Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

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Ferus Gallery foundedBy Walter Hopps
Ferus Gallery curatedBy Walter Hopps
Walter Hopps fullName Walter Hopps self-link