Chrysler Museum of Art: 40 Works

Mark A. Castro has been the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Chrysler Museum of Art since April, 2023. Prior to coming to Norfolk, he was the inaugural Jorge Baldor Curator of Latin American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, where he curated/co-curated Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art, To Be Determined, Frida Kahlo: Five Works, Devoted: Art and Spirituality in Mexico and New Mexico, Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form, and Abraham Ángel: Between Wonder and Seduction. Prior to Dallas, he held various positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where he was involved in numerous exhibitions, including co-curating the internationally acclaimed Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910-1950.

Carolyn Swan Needell, Ph.D., is the Carolyn and Richard Barry Curator of Glass here at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Swan Needell is an expert in ancient and modern glass and also holds valuable glassblowing and casting experience that pairs well with the Chrysler Museum’s Perry Glass Studio. Swan Needell has specialized in the study of glass for more than 15 years. She holds a doctorate from Brown University, master’s degrees from the University of Leicester and University College London and a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

Corey Piper is the Brock Curator of American Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art. He is art historian specializing in 19th-century and early 20th-century American art.