CURATORIAL RESEARCH

Dr. Ross has extensive experience in object and library-collection acquisition and development, including research and curatorship related to performing objects and visual culture south of the equator, with a special interest in Islamic art in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Laurie founded the rare and scholarly art book business, Metropolis Art Books in Detroit, which specialized in the Fine and Decorative Arts; Asian, African, and AmerIndian Art, as well as Photography, and Architecture. Clients included museum curators and art and academic libraries, among them, The British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Harvard University, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also managed the Sheldon Ross Gallery, which specialized in German Dada and Expressionism, African and American art, and represented Romare Bearden in the Midwest.  She has served as a consultant and curator with museums in the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States.