Terence Riley (curator)
{{Short description|American architect and museum curator (1954–2021)}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Bernstein|first=Fred A.|date=May 19, 2021|title=Obituary: Terence Riley, 1954–2021|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15129-obituary-terence-riley-19542021|website=Architectural Record}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.archpaper.com/2021/05/terence-riley-passes-away/|title=Terence Riley, former Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the MoMA, is dead|date=May 18, 2021|website=The Architect’s Newspaper}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/arts/terence-riley-dead.html|title=Terence Riley, Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 May 2021|last1=Russell|first1=James S.}}
Early life and education
Riley was born in Elgin, Illinois, son of Philip Riley a printer, and Mary Jo (Lundberg) Riley, a homemaker.{{Cite news|last=Russell|first=James S.|date=May 21, 2021|title=Terence Riley, an Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66|language=en-US|volume=170|page=A26|work=New York Times|issue=59067|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/arts/terence-riley-dead.html|access-date=May 23, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Makovsky|first=Paul|date=May 21, 2021|title=Architect and Curator Terence Riley Dies at 66|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/architect-and-curator-terence-riley-dies-at-66_o|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=Architect Magazine}}
Career
In 1984, Riley formed the firm Keenen/Riley in 1984 with John Keenen.{{Cite web|date=May 21, 2021|title=In Memoriam Terry Riley|url=https://www.arch.columbia.edu/in-memoriam-terry-riley|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=Columbia GSAPP|language=en}} As a member of ACT UP, Riley worked on Let The Record Show…, a window installation that opened at the New Museum in 1987.{{cite journal |last1=Takemoto |first1=Tina |title=The Melancholia of AIDS: Interview with Douglas Crimp |journal=Art Journal |date=Winter 2003 |volume=62 |issue=4 |page=82 |doi=10.1080/00043249.2003.10792186}} 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.
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