Join SVMoA for an in-person conversation with Jennifer Farrell, Jordan Schnitzer Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, for a behind-the-scenes look at the work of one of the world's leading museums. Farrell will share insights into the role of the Department of Drawings and Prints, her collaborations with collectors such as Jordan Schnitzer, and the exhibitions she has developed and curated. Framed through prints from the Schnitzer Collection on view in Circa 1971: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, the talk will offer a unique perspective on the museum's curatorial process and the enduring impact of contemporary printmaking.
Jennifer Farrell is responsible for modern and contemporary prints and artist’s books at The Met. She has curated World War I and the Visual Arts (2017), Ragnar Kjartansson: Death is Elsewhere (2019), and Modern Times: British Prints, 1913–1939 (2021), and co-curated Workshop and Legacy: Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, Zarina Hashmi (2016) and Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson (2025). Her publications include Get There and Decide Promptly: The Richard Brown Baker Collection of Postwar Art (2012, which received The Frick Collection's 2013 Book Prize), Modern Times: British Prints, 1913–1939 and John Wilson: Witnessing Humanity. She earned a BA from Smith College and a PhD from the Graduate Center, CUNY and attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program.
This conversation is presented as part of SVMoA's series Museum Passport, talks on artists featured in major museum exhibitions around the United States. Check our website for details about upcoming Museum Passport talks and to register.
