The Vera List Center for Art and Politics is a research center and a public forum for art, culture, and politics.
The Board of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics is an integral part of the New School community. Members of the board advise the chair and counsel the director of the Vera List Center, develop expertise on ways to support the academic enterprise, offer insight and guidance on programs, provide significant financial support, and serve as links to the communities in which they live and work.
Current Members
Chair
James Keith (JK) Brown
Board of Governors, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School
President, New Museum
New York City
Vice Chair
Linda Earle
Emerita Professor of Practice, Art History/Arts Management
Tyler School of Art +Architecture, Temple University
New York City
Vice Chair
Alan Michelson
Artist
New York City
Vice Chair
Megan E. Noh, Esq.
Partner and Co-Chair, Art Law, Pryor Cashman LLP
New York City
Ujju Aggarwal, PhD*
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Experiential Learning, Schools of Public Engagement
New York City
ex officio / * on sabbatical through summer 2024
Danny Altabef
Attorney, Brigade Capital Management, LP
New York City
Frances F. L. Beatty, PhD
Chairman, Adler Beatty
Director, Ray Johnson Estate
New York City
Marilyn Greene
New York City and Boca Raton, Florida
Susan Hapgood
Executive Director, International Studio and Curatorial Program
Founder and Trustee, Mumbai Art Room
VLC Fellow, 1999
New York City
Aryana Ghazi Hessami
PhD candidate Anthropology, New School for Social Research
New York City
ex officio
Suzanne Kite, PhD
Artist
Bard College, Director, Wihanble S’a Lab
Ancram, New York
Norman L. Kleeblatt
Independent Curator and Critic
President, AICA-USA
New York City
Carin Kuoni
Senior Director/Chief Curator, Vera List Center
Assistant Professor of Visual Studies, The New School
New York City
ex officio
Jane Lombard
Jane Lombard Gallery
CEC Artslink
New York City
Susan Meiselas
Documentary Photographer
President, Magnum Foundation
New York City
Louise Neri
Founder and Artistic Director, Extraterritorial Inc.
New York City
Mendi + Keith Obadike
Artists, Musicians, Poets
Mendi Obadike: Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Media Studies, Pratt Institute
Keith Obadike: Professor, Department of Art, Cornell University
Montclair, New Jersey
Sadaf Padder
Founder, Alpha Arts Alliance
New York City
Nancy Delman Portnoy
Independent Fine Arts Advisor
New York City
Silvia Rocciolo
Mellon Grant Project Director/Collection Advisor, The New School Art Collection
New York City
Ellen Taubman
Independent curator, collector, and philanthropist
New York City
Mary Watson
Executive Dean, Schools for Public Engagement, The New School
New York City
ex officio
Board Alumni
Carlos Basualdo, Sunny Bates, Koan-Jeff Baysa, Michael Brenson, Susan Elizabeth Cahan, Michelle Coffey, Janet Cohen, Michael Danoff, Donna De Salvo, Linda Dunner, Karen Durbin, Anne Ehrenkranz, Ronald Feldman, Andrew Francis, Mildred Friedman, Anthony Grant, Ken Grossinger and Micheline Klagsbrun, Agnes Gund, Henry Hacker, Willis Hartshorn, Tom Healy, Paul Hechinger, Marieluise Hessel, Elizabeth R. Hilpman, Pia Infante, Lisa Ivorian-Jones, Jenette Kahn, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Charlotta Kotik, Nicole Klagsbrun, Prem Krishnamurthy, Barbara Kruger, Tony Kushner, Alexia Lalli, Joan Lane, Nancy Lane, Thomas J. Lax, David Levinthal, Jo List, Vera G. List, Robert Looker, Sr., Joshua Mack, Ann Marlowe, Louis Massiah, Victor Mathews, Irvine MacManus, Jr., Lydia Matthews, Meryl Meltzer, Naeem Mohaiemen, Werner Muensterberger, Sina Najafi, Peter Norton, Ann Philbin, Sylvia Riskin, Martha Rosler, Betsy Ross, Catherine Saalfield, Ingrid Schaffner, David Scobey, Lise Scott, Barake Sele, Joel Shapiro, Lowery Sims, Jon D. Smith, Pari Stave, Pat Steir, Nato Thompson, Shirley Verrett, Margo Viscusi, Michele Wallace, Simon Watson, Reba Williams, Fred Wilson