Meet the Faculty: Joseph Antenucci Becherer, Ph.D.

Joseph Antenucci Becherer is the director and curator of sculpture at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame; concurrently, he is a professor of art history in the university’s department of Art, Art History and Design. Formerly, he was the chief curator and vice president of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he directed the departments of Sculpture and Sculpture Exhibitions, Horticulture and Annual Exhibitions, Communications and Public Relations. Additionally, Becherer served as the Lena Meijer Professor in the History of Art at Aquinas College, where he taught courses in Renaissance, Baroque, and Contemporary Art.