Genevieve Cortinovis, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, co-curated the St. Louis presentation of Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015 (2017) and St. Louis Modern (2015), and curated Blow-Up: Graphic Abstraction in 1960s Design (2015). She holds a master’s degree in the history of decorative arts, design, and material culture from the Bard Graduate Center and a bachelor’s degree in art history from Barnard College, both in New York City. She is a co-author of the St. Louis Modern catalogue and a contributor to Dutch New York from East to West, published by Yale University Press. She joined the Museum in 2012, after working with traditional weavers, dyers, and printers in Cambodia
Notable media appearances and mentions
- Though it’s designed by Charles Eames, the Meyer House is first and foremost a family home (St. Louis Magazine, Dec. 20, 2018)
- SLAM presents a powdered-wig, peacock-colored, tattooed review of men’s fashion (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 24, 2017)
- Saint Louis Art Museum Curator Genny Cortinovis Merges Art, Design, and Detective Work (St. Louis Magazine, June 16, 2016)
- Long Hidden Isamu Noguchi Ceiling Revealed at U-Haul in St. Louis (Artnet, May 4, 2016)
- ‘St. Louis Modern’ showcases designers who changed the look of the world (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov. 10, 2015)
- Radio interview: Saint Louis Art Museum gives local, uncelebrated modernist treasures their due (St. Louis Public Radio, Nov. 3, 2015)
Television and video
- Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015 (SLAM, June 23, 2017)
Recent SLAM exhibitions
- Printing the Pastoral: Visions of the Countryside in 18th-Century Europe (2019)
- Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015 (2017)
- Cross-Pollination: Flowers in 18th-Century European Textiles and Porcelain (2017)
- St. Louis Modern (2015)
- Blow-Up: Graphic Abstraction in 1960s Design (2015)