2026 International Lecture Series / REGINA PALM, Ph.D.

American Made: Highlights from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection
Regina Palm, Ph.D., Harold and Anne Berkley Smith Senior Curator of Modern Art, Norton Museum of Art

The history of American art is as layered and diverse as the nation itself. The DeMell Jacobsen Collection invites us to appreciate that richness through works that span early portraiture to bold expressions of modern American identity. American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection celebrates the creativity and vision of American artists spanning more than 250 years. It endeavors to share a fresh and inclusive look at the evolving story of American art.

Join Dr. Regina Palm as she shares highlights from the exhibition and offers insights into how these works celebrate the range of voices that shape our understanding of American artistic heritage.

Dr. Regina Palm is the Harold and Anne Berkley Smith Senior Curator of Modern Art at the Norton Museum of Art. Previously, she served as the Marie and Hugh Halff, Jr. Curator of American & European Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art, where she was the presenting curator for American Made. She has also held curatorial positions at the Morse Museum, San Diego Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Dr. Palm earned her PhD in the history of art from the University of London, specializing in female artists and the gender politics of artistic production in the late 19th to 20th centuries. Palm’s research has appeared in the Journal of Design History, Women’s History Review, and others.