NANCY
KARRELS
Art COnsulting
Nancy Caron Karrels, PhD, JD
I'm an art historian and provenance specialist with legal training and more than ten years of experience designing and implementing provenance strategies and policies for museums, advising museum leadership on restitutions, and conducting provenance research in varied collections.
In my art historical practice, I specialize in 19th-century French art and visual culture. My Fulbright-funded PhD dissertation examined how artists expressed support and criticism for the French plunder of Europe's art collections through the fine, decorative, and popular arts around 1800. As a curator, I am committed to making historical art relevant to museum audiences.
I'm interested in intersections between art, cultural property, and curatorial practice.
In my art historical practice, I specialize in 19th-century French art and visual culture. My Fulbright-funded PhD dissertation examined how artists expressed support and criticism for the French plunder of Europe's art collections through the fine, decorative, and popular arts around 1800. As a curator, I am committed to making historical art relevant to museum audiences.
I'm interested in intersections between art, cultural property, and curatorial practice.