The Paul Mellon Lectures: Kaywin Feldman, Director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Kaywin Feldman received a BA in classical archaeology from the University of Michigan, an MA in museum studies from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of London, and an MA in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. In 2019, she became the fifth Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and is the first woman to hold this distinguished position. Prior to joining the gallery, Feldman led the Minneapolis Institute of Art as its Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Director and President. She is a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the White House Historical Association, and the Chipstone Foundation, and a member of the State Hermitage Museum International Advisory Board. She is a past president of the of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and past chair of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Feldman has lectured widely and published numerous articles on reinventing the museum for the twenty-first century