Allison Glenn

Artistic Director, The Shepherd; Curator, 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art

Allison Glenn is a New York-based curator and writer focusing on the intersection of art and public space, through public art and special projects, biennials and major new commissions by a wide range of contemporary artists. She is currently Artistic Director of the Shepherd, a three-and-a-half-acre arts campus part of the newly christened Little Village cultural district in Detroit, and Curator of the 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art. From 2023-2024, Glenn was Visiting Curator in the Department of Film Studies at the University of Tulsa, where she curated the Sovereign Futures convening.

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