(b Queens, New York, Sept 22, 1965).
American curator of visual art and museum director. She received her BA in 1987 in Art History and African American studies from Smith College, Northampton, MA, where she was a student of James Baldwin. Early in her career, Golden was a curatorial fellow at the Studio Museum in Harlem. In 1988 Golden was appointed as a curatorial assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
In 1989 Golden was named Visual Arts Director at Jamaica Arts Center in Queens (now Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning), working under Dr. Kellie Jones. In 1991 Golden returned to the Whitney Museum, where she remained until 1997, becoming the first African American to hold a curatorial position at the institution. This appointment launched her preeminent career as a curator of modern and contemporary art and, in particular, as a champion for Black visual artists globally. During her tenure, she was one of four curators of the landmark ...
