Gaylord Torrence

Gaylord Torrence is Fred and Virginia Merrill Senior Curator of American Indian Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He led the creation of the institution’s galleries, opened in 2010, and curated the celebrated 2014-15 exhibition “The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky.” Most recently, he guest curated the new installation of Native American art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the author of “The American Indian Parfleche: A Tradition of Abstract Painting.”