Terence Riley (curator)

Terence Riley (November 6, 1954 – May 17, 2021) was an American architect and museum curator. He was the chief curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art from 1992 to 2006.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Riley was born in Elgin, Illinois, son of Philip Riley a printer, and Mary Jo (Lundberg) Riley, a homemaker.[4] He grew up in Woodstock, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.Arch in 1978, followed by an M.Arch at Columbia University in 1982.[5]

Career

In 1984, Riley formed the firm Keenen/Riley in 1984 with John Keenen.[6] As a member of ACT UP, Riley worked on Let The Record Show…, a window installation that opened at the New Museum in 1987.[7] In 1990, he opened the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery at Columbia, and was recruited by Philip Johnson a year later to work at the Museum of Modern Art, becoming Philip Johnson Chief Curator for architecture and design in 1992. He helped to found the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program. In 2006 he became director of the Miami Art Museum, stepping down in 2009 to return to architectural practice in Miami.

References
  1. Bernstein, Fred A. (May 19, 2021). "Obituary: Terence Riley, 1954–2021". Architectural Record.
  2. "Terence Riley, former Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the MoMA, is dead". The Architect’s Newspaper. May 18, 2021.
  3. Russell, James S. (21 May 2021). "Terence Riley, Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66". The New York Times.
  4. Russell, James S. (May 21, 2021). "Terence Riley, an Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66". New York Times. Vol. 170, no. 59067. p. A26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  5. Makovsky, Paul (May 21, 2021). "Architect and Curator Terence Riley Dies at 66". Architect Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  6. "In Memoriam Terry Riley". Columbia GSAPP. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  7. Takemoto, Tina (Winter 2003). "The Melancholia of AIDS: Interview with Douglas Crimp". Art Journal. 62 (4): 82. doi:10.1080/00043249.2003.10792186.
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