Staff Profile
Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum
lauren_hanson@harvard.edu / 617-495-2317
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
A.B., Duke University
Lauren Hanson is a specialist in modern and contemporary art from Germany and the United States, focusing on visual cultures in the postwar period, artistic networks of exchange, and 20th-century curatorial practices. She is currently researching and cataloging the recent gift to the museums of Otto Piene’s sketchbooks, spanning the near entirety of his artistic practice. Previously, her research has received support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Getty Research Institute.
Recent Publications
“Sculpting Process of Change.” In Christina Lorena Weisner: Explorations—Science Sculptures. Raleigh, N.C.: Gregg Museum of Art & Design, 2019.
“ZERO’s Collaborative Experiments in the Studio and on the Streets in 1950s West Germany.” Nierika: Journal of Art Studies 12 (Summer 2017): 42–57.