Robert Fitzpatrick (art executive)

Robert Fitzpatrick (born 1940) is an art academic and executive, entrepreneur and former politician. In 1972, he was elected as Baltimore, Maryland's youngest city council member while also serving as a professor of medieval French literature and dean of students, at Johns Hopkins University. Time Magazine named him one of its "200 Faces for the Future" in 1974.[1] In 1975, Fitzpatrick was named president of CalArts,[2] where he remained for 12 years. During his tenure there, Fitzpatrick served as the director of the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival in Los Angeles, California.[3] He was also the founder and director of the Los Angeles Festival, which grew directly out of the 1984 Olympic Games.[4] In 1987 he was named president of the Euro Disney Resort, a complex that, at the time, consisted of a theme park: Euro Disneyland, 7 resort hotels and a dining, entertainment and shopping district: Festival Disney. The resort opened in April 1992, and Fitzpatrick left the company following year.[5] In 1996, Fitzpatrick became the dean of the School of the Arts at Columbia University in New York City,[6][7] serving there for two years. He joined the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago as its Director and CEO in 1998,[8] holding the longest tenure of any director to date.[9] During his time there, MCA was awarded the Arts Presenters/MetLife Foundation Award for Excellence in Arts Access.[9] In February 2008 Fitzpatrick left his position at MCA[10] to join the London-based (and Christie's-owned) gallery Haunch of Venison as its international managing director, where he oversaw the opening of Haunch New York, housed in NYC's Rockefeller Center. Fitzpatrick stepped down from that post in March 2009.[11]

References

  1. ^ Monday, July 15, 1974 (July 15, 1974). "Special Section: 200 Faces for the Future". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879402-16,00.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
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  3. ^ Steven Leigh Morris (December 11, 2003). "Ten Weeks That Changed the City – Page 1 – Supplement – Los Angeles". LA Weekly. http://www.laweekly.com/2003-12-11/supplement/ten-weeks-that-changed-the-city/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  4. ^ "A Festival Of Arts in Los Angeles – New York Times". The New York Times. August 15, 1987. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/15/arts/a-festival-of-arts-in-los-angeles.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; Disney in Europe – New York Times". The New York Times. March 13, 1987. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/13/business/company-news-disney-in-europe.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Press Release: Columbia Names Robert Fitzpatrick Dean of the School of the Arts". Columbia.edu. June 1, 1996. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/95/18685.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  7. ^ "CHRONICLE – New York Times". The New York Times. June 21, 1995. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/21/style/chronicle-933395.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  8. ^ http://www.mcachicago.org/information/history.php?page=ihist
  9. ^ a b McClure, Vaughn (September 7, 2011). "Featured Articles From The Chicago Tribune". Archives.chicagotribune.com. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/apr/27/entertainment/chi-mca-main-0427apr27. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  10. ^ "museum-of-contemporary-art « CBS Chicago". Cbs2chicago.com. September 22, 2010. http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/Museum.of.Contemporary.2.335608.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Robert Fitzpatrick to Leave Haunch of Venison". ARTINFO.com. February 23, 2009. http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/30474/robert-fitzpatrick-to-leave-haunch-of-venison/. Retrieved October 20, 2011.