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Graham W.J.
Beal has been a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Detroit Institute of Arts since 1999.
Previously, he was Art Gallery Director at Washington University in St. Louis and a Director of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr. Beal became Curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 1977 and Chief Curator until 1983.
He was a Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia until 1984 and Chief Curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art until 1989.
Mr. Beal became a Director of Museum Associates (doing business as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art) in July, 1996.
He was a Member of the Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions from 1991 to 1995 and a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Association of Art Museum Directors and Chairman of Art Issues Committee from 2002 to 2004.
Mr. Beal was elected to the Board of Trustees for the American Association of Museums in 2004.
He worked at the University of South Dakota.
Mr. Beal started his museum career at Sheffield City Art Galleries.
He received his degrees in English and Art history from the University of Manchester and the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Former positions of Graham W. J. Beal
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
The Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Provides art conservation services to the museums | Chief Executive Officer | 2015-06-29 |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Provides exhibitions, education, publications, and collections activities | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1989-01-01 |
University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Director/Board Member | 1983-12-31 |
The Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as an art museum in the country | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1982-12-31 |
University of South Dakota
University of South Dakota Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
University of South Dakota
University of South Dakota Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
The Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as an art museum in the country | Consumer Services |
Joslyn Art Museum
Joslyn Art Museum Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as art museum | Consumer Services |
The Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Provides art conservation services to the museums | Consumer Services |
Museum Associates
Museum Associates Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates museums and organizes art exhibits | Consumer Services |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Provides exhibitions, education, publications, and collections activities | Consumer Services |
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