Alice Denney
American arts curator (1922–2023)
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Alice Denney (November 8, 1922 – November 20, 2023) was an American art curator and arts administrator. Denney has been considered to be an important figure of the Washington, D.C. avant-garde arts and had been the mentor to a number of Washington D.C.'s artists.[1][2]
Alice Denney | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 8, 1922 |
| Died | November 20, 2023 (aged 101) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupations | Art curator, arts administrator |
Life and career
Alice Denney was born on November 8, 1922.[1] She was the first director of the Jefferson Place Gallery.[3] She was intimately involved in the founding of the Washington Gallery of Modern Art (in 1961),[4][5] and was the founder of the Washington Project for the Arts (in 1975).[6] Denny served as the assistant director of the Washington Gallery of Modern Art.[1]
Denney helped with the exhibition, The Popular Image (1963),[4][7] at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art which included Robert Rauschenberg's "Concerto #5", with the Judson Dance Theater.[8][9] In 1978, she brought the exhibit Punk Art, to the Washington Project of the Arts.[10][11]
Denney died from a stroke on November 20, 2023, at the age of 101.[12]
