Gary Tinterow OAL (born 1953 in Louisville) is an American art historian and curator.
Born in Louisville, but raised in Houston, Tinterow graduated from Bellaire High School in 1972.
[3] After graduating from Harvard, Tinterow was hired at Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he would remain until 2012.
[5] In 1986, King Juan Carlos I of Spain named Tinterow an Oficial of the Orden del Merito Civill; and in 2015 King Felipe VI made Tinterow an Oficial of the Orden de Isabel la Catolica.
Tinterow is also a first cousin once removed of Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas, through his mother's side.