Joseph Antenucci Becherer

Joseph Antenucci Becherer (born 1965) is an American curator, professor, writer, and arts administrator. He is a scholar of modern and contemporary sculpture, organizing major exhibitions and installations from Auguste Rodin to Jonathan Borofsky, Henry Moore to Magdalena Abakanowicz, Jenny Holzer to Ai Weiwei.

He is the director of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame. Concurrently, he is a professor of art history in the university's department of Art, Art History and Design. Formerly, he was the chief curator and vice president of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he directed the departments of Sculpture and Sculpture Exhibitions, Horticulture and Annual Exhibitions, Communications and Public Relations. Additionally, Becherer served as the Lena Meijer Professor in the History of Art at Aquinas College, where he taught courses in Renaissance, Baroque, and Contemporary Art. Provided by Wikipedia