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Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy is an art historian, curator, and writer based in Cambridge, MA. He is the Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum at the Harvard Art Museums, where he curates and researches modern and contemporary art from Central and Northern Europe. He is co-curating two forthcoming exhibitions at the Harvard Art Museums: Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation (Fall 2024) and Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking (Spring 2025). Peter received his PhD from the University of Rochester in 2022.

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Online • Jul 14, 2025

At the Addison, June Leaf’s Retrospective Is a Theater for Absurdity with Text, Machines, and Bodies Intermingling

Review by Peter Murphy

Online • Jun 10, 2024

At Gallery VERY, a Mini Retrospective of Work by Rob Moore Reveals an Overlooked Pillar in Boston’s 1970s–90s Art Scene

Review by Peter Murphy