abstract:John Elderfield (born 25 April 1943) was the Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 2003 to 2008.Who’s Who 2011, A&C Black, 2011
JohnElderfield of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Elizabeth Cowling of the Tate, two curators working with Mr Golding (in a three-country team of six) on the Matisse-Picasso show.
"He felt he was actually cutting into the color itself as he made these pictures, " says JohnElderfield, an art historian, chief curator emeritus at the Museum of Modern Art and consultant to the Gagosian Gallery.