Honour for New York art expert
A Charles Rennie Mackintosh expert and design curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is among the graduates who will be honoured by Glasgow School of Art (GSA).
Jul iet K inchin joins inf luential art educators Sam Ainsley, David Harding and Sandy Moffat in GSA’s 2018 graduation honours.
Each candidate will be awarded an honorar y doctorate at ceremonies on June 15.
Ms Kinchin, a former GSA member of staff, joined MoMA in 2008.
During her decade at the institution, she has curated a number of high- profile exhibitions and contributed to leading international publications.
GSA director Professor Tom Inns said: “Jul iet Kinchin is design curator at one of the world’s leading institutions for which she has organised a number of acclaimed exhibitions.
“Juliet’s contribution to the understanding of Glasgow’s place in European design at the time of Mackintosh in particular is world-class.”
Ms Kinchin said: “The Glasgow School of Art, and the University of Glasgow, have profoundly shaped my creative and intellectual life, and my professional career.”
Ainsley, Harding and Moffat came together as lecturers at the GSA and were heads of the master of fine art, environmental art and painting and printmaking departments.