Malcolm John Warner (born May 17, 1953) is an English art historian and curator who lives in the United States. Warner was born in

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. Malcolm Warner is now the Director of the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California, and was previously the Deputy Director of the

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from 2007-2012, having held his position as senior curator since 2002."Dr. Malcolm Warner to Serve as Director of the Kimbell Art Museum as of September 1, 2007"
, ''Guide to the City'', May 25, 2007. Previous positions include research curator at the

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, curator of European art at the

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, and senior curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the

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. He received his Ph.D. from the

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, University of London on the professional career of

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. He is responsible for the organization of many important exhibitions such as ''The Victorians; British painting from 1837-1901'' at the

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in Washington D.C. (1997), ''Stubbs and the Horse'', an exhibit at the

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of paintings, engravings, and detailed anatomical studies of horses done by

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, ''This other Eden: paintings from the Yale Center for British Art'', ''The Mirror and the Mask''; ''Portraiture in the age of Picasso'', and ''Butchers, Dragons, Gods and Skeletons'', a collection of film installations by

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'' review of Warner's book for ''The Victorians'' exhibition said that, in addition to the expected "languidly draped ladies of the popular Pre-Raphaelite painters", readers "may be pleasantly surprised . . . by some of the other color plates (and substantial explications)". ''

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'' called this book "an important work for all students of the Victorian era", and added, "The descriptions of the paintings by Malcolm Warner, assisted by other scholars, provide a model of the way to explain the symbolism and significance of works of art in a detailed but easily understood manner."Richard Mullen
"The Victorians in Washington"
''

'', July 1, 1997. His other books include ''The Phaidon companion to art and artists in the British Isles'' with Michael Jacobs (1980), and ''Friendship and loss in the Victorian portrait: May Sartoris by Frederic Leighton'' (

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, 2009). Dr. Warner has served as the director of the Laguna Art Museum since January 2012.

References

External links

Christina Patoski
"Interview with Malcolm Warner"
''Glasstire: Texas visual art online'', February 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Malcolm American art curators English art historians 1953 births Living people