Caroline Shields
Curator, European Art
Selected AGO exhibitions:
Cassatt—McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds (2023)
Naudline Pierre: Written in the Sky (2023)
Steam: Impressionist Painting Across the Atlantic (2022)
Impressionism in the Age of Industry (2018)
Reinstallation of the European Art permanent collection (2017, 2022)
Background: Prior to joining the AGO in 2017, Caroline Shields held various curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Musée d’Orsay, Paris; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She holds a Doctorate in art history from the University of Maryland with expertise in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European painting, with a particular interest in the history of memory.