Graham C Boettcher

Graham C. Boettcher is the R. Hugh Daniel Director, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama. Born in Bellingham, Washington, he graduated from Yale University with a BA in German Studies, earned an MA in Art History from the University of Washington, and a PhD in the History of Art from Yale. In 2006, Boettcher joined the Birmingham Museum of Art as a Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow of American Art. Two years later, he was named curator of American Art. In 2014 he was promoted to chief...See more

Graham C. Boettcher is the R. Hugh Daniel Director, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama. Born in Bellingham, Washington, he graduated from Yale University with a BA in German Studies, earned an MA in Art History from the University of Washington, and a PhD in the History of Art from Yale. In 2006, Boettcher joined the Birmingham Museum of Art as a Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow of American Art. Two years later, he was named curator of American Art. In 2014 he was promoted to chief curator, to deputy director in 2016, and succeeded Gail Trechsel as museum director in 2017. Exhibitions he has organized include "The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection," named by Architectural Digest in 2012 as one of the season's best museum shows; and "Black Like Who? Exploring Race and Representation" (co-curated with Dr. Kellli Morgan, 2015), which was named a "Don't Miss" exhibition by the Wall Street Journal. See less