Kenworth W. Moffett (born 1934 in East Orange, New Jersey – June 21, 2016) [1][2] was an American art curator, museum director and author.
Moffett took a degree in art history at Columbia University, where he studied with Meyer Schapiro and Philip Pouncey, and graduated in 1960.
[8][9] In 1981, Moffett and colleague Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., organized the first show of American art to travel to China following the Cultural Revolution.
[12] Lucy Baker, Steve Brent, Joseph Drapell, John Gittins, Roy Lerner, Anne Low, Marjorie Minkin, Irene Neal, Gérard Paire, Graham Peacock, Bruce Piermarini and Jerald Webster were among the artists Moffett included in exhibitions of the New New Painters.
[14] Moffett authored several books including monographs on Kenneth Noland,[15] Jules Olitski,[16][17] He died of complications from heart disease in Stamford, CT on June 21, 2016.