Karina H. Corrigan, Deputy Chief Curator, The H.A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art

Karina Corrigan's interests center on the material culture of global connections. She serves as PEM's Deputy Chief Curator and The H.A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art. In her curatorial practice she oversees the largest, most comprehensive public collection of art made in China, Japan and South Asia for export to other cultures. Corrigan supports PEM's Chief Curator in executing the curatorial program and in leading a cohort of curators to advance PEM’s exhibitions and collection initiatives.

Corrigan lectures and publishes on many aspects of Asian Export art and has organized numerous exhibitions at PEM, including Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China; Japanomania! Japanese Art Goes Global; Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age; Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection; Taj Mahal, the Building of a Legend. She served as the coordinating curator at PEM for Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks.

Corrigan received a B.A. in Art History and Medieval Renaissance Studies from Wellesley College, an M.S. in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. Corrigan received a 2019 Award of Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators for her work on PEM’s Asian Export Art gallery.

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