David S. Rubin

David S. Rubin has been an active figure in the contemporary arts field for over forty years. From 2006-2014 he served as The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Before that he held curatorial positions at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. Since 1980, Rubin has been a member of the International Association of Art Critics. In 1996 he served as U.S. Commissioner for the Cuenca Bienal of Painting in Ecuador. He is curator of several landmark exhibitions, including "It's Only Rock and Roll: Rock and Roll Currents in Contemporary Art," "Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art," and "Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s." He is currently a regular contributor to Visual Art Source, Glasstire, and the Rivard Report, an independent curator, and a practicing artist.