Dennis Barrie

Dennis Barrie (b. 1947) is a museum director responsible for the curation of American pop-culture. He was the Director of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center from 1983-1992. In 1990 Barrie and the gallery were indicted on pornography charges stemming from an exhibit of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe entitled The Perfect Moment.^[1] At trial, a Cincinnati jury acquitted Barrie and the Center. The controversy was later chronicled in a TV movie titled "Dirty Pictures".

Barrie went on to become a co-creator of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he served as an executive director from 1993-1998.^[2]

Since 1998 Barrie has served as president of the Malrite Company where he oversees the day-to-day operation of the International Spy Museum, in Washington DC.

References

^ http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/05/21/loc_mapplethorpe_battle.html
^ http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/fall2003/feat_curator.html

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