Diane Waldman is an American museum curator and author who has specialized in the study of modern art. She was educated at Hunter College (B.F.A., 1956) and New York University's Institute of Fine Arts (M.A., 1965). Her career includes significant roles at the Guggenheim Museum, where she served as an assistant curator from 1967 to 1969 and later as a senior curator until 1996. Waldman is recognized for her extensive research on several prominent artists, most notably Joseph Cornell, whose work she studied deeply during her graduate years. She has authored numerous monographs and exhibition catalogues, including works on Roy Lichtenstein, Ellsworth Kelly, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. Her scholarship often explores the 'found object' and scavenged collage art.[1]
