Maura Reilly

Maura Reilly is an arts writer, educator, and curatorial activist and is the author of Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating (Thames & Hudson, 2018). As Founding Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, she launched the first exhibition and public programming space in the USA devoted entirely to feminist art, where she organized several exhibitions, including the permanent installation of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, Global Feminisms (co-curated with Linda Nochlin), and Ghada Amer: Love Had No End, among others. Reilly holds a PhD in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.