Bonnie Burnham

Bonnie Burnham is an American art historian and in 2014 President of World Monuments Fund (WMF),[1][2] an international historic preservation organization founded in 1965 and based in New York City. She joined the organization as executive director in 1985,[3][4] and was named president in 1996.

Early life and education

Born in Florida, Burnham received degrees from the University of Florida and the Sorbonne.

Career

Burnham worked in Paris at the International Council of Museums, for which she compiled and edited The Protection of Cultural Property, Handbook of National Legislation, published in 1974.

In 1975, Burnham became executive director of the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) in New York.[5] That c year, her next book, The Art Crisis,[6][7] was published. While at IFAR, Burnham developed the organization’s Art Theft Archive program and published Art Theft; Its Scope, Its Impact and Its Control (1978).[5]

In 1985, she became executive director of the International Fund for Monuments, taking over from the organization’s retiring founder, Colonel James A. Gray. Shortly after her arrival, the organization was renamed World Monuments Fund. She has overseen the global extension of the organization’s work. In the 1980s and early 1990s, World Monuments Fund established national affiliate organizations in Western Europe, and began programs addressing the needs of countries in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Iron Curtain (which also led to the creation of the organization’s Jewish Heritage Program),[8] Cambodia following downfall of the Khmer Rouge, the former Yugoslavia following the Balkans war, and Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion. In 1996, Burnham led the establishment of the World Monuments Watch, a global advocacy effort of the World Monuments Fund, that calls attention to heritage emergencies and opportunities.[9]

Recognition

Burnham’s honors include Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government (1989); Distinguished Alumna of the College of Fine Arts of the University of Florida (1995); the first recipient of the University of Florida’s Beinecke-Reeves Distinguished Achievement Award in Historic Preservation (2004); and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Florida Southern College (2009). She has served on the boards of the National Institute of Conservation and the Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation and as a member of the United States Commission for UNESCO. She is currently on the board of the New York Studio School; Fellow of the U. S. Committee, International Council on Monuments and Sites; and a member of the Board of Advocates, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida. She also serves on the International Council of the Preservation Society of Newport, RI, and the National Advisory Committee of The Olana Partnership.

References

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  1. ↑ VOAニュースフラッシュ 2008年度版[CD+テキスト]. アルク. April 2008. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-4-7574-1373-3.
  2. ↑ Historic Preservation: Quarterly of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings. The Council. 1992. page 2
  3. ↑ "Monumental Achievements". New York Media, LLC (5 March 1990). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. pp. 24–. ISSN 0028-7369.
  4. ↑ Kimberly Lisagor (8 April 2008). Disappearing Destinations. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-0-307-38928-2.
  5. 1 2 Barbara T. Hoffman (2006). Art and Cultural Heritage: Law, Policy, and Practice. Cambridge University Press. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-0-521-85764-2.
  6. ↑ Sandy Nairne (15 September 2011). Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners. Reaktion Books. pp. 363–. ISBN 978-1-86189-960-6.
  7. ↑ Garrett Stewart (1 June 2011). Bookwork: Medium to Object to Concept to Art. University of Chicago Press. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-0-226-77391-9.
  8. 1 2 Ismail Serageldin; Ephim Shluger; Joan Martin-Brown (1 January 2001). Historic Cities and Sacred Sites: Cultural Roots for Urban Futures. World Bank Publications. pp. 414–. ISBN 978-0-8213-4904-5.
  9. ↑ Nikos Passas; Neva R. Goodwin (2004). It's Legal but It Ain't Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries. University of Michigan Press. pp. 173–. ISBN 0-472-02619-4.
  10. ↑ Nicholson, Louise (2005). "Personality of the year: Bonnie Burnham, President of the World Monuments Fund". Apollo
  11. ↑ "Bonnie Burnham", US Department of State, July 12, 2012
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