After finishing a Ph.D. in Art History on
16th-century German painting in 1986, Howard became curator of the Royal Ontario Museum's
collection of Prints and Drawings related to the history of design. He has curated 18
exhibitions, including: Psychedelic: San Francisco Posters of the 60s, Truth
and Beauty: Neo-classicism in the Deocrative Arts, Sante: The Real Thing at the
ROM, and Documenting Design: Works on Paper from the European Collections of the
Royal Ontario Museum. From 1996 to 1998 he was Head of the ROM's Department of
Western Art and Culture and is the Mona Campbell Curator of Decorative Arts. Howard was
the ROM curator for the exhibition, A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert
Museum (June 21 to September 13, 1998). Since 1992 he has been Head of the ROM's
Institute of Contemporary Culture where he has presented many exhibitons, including: The
Sacred Earth, Theo Dimson: Graphic Designer, Watching TV: Historic
Televisons and Memorabilia from the MZTV Museum, and most recently, Lost
Sense: An Installationby Catherine Widgery.
After finishing a Ph.D. in Art History on
16th-century German painting in 1986, Howard became curator of the Royal Ontario Museum's
collection of Prints and Drawings related to the history of design. He has curated 18
exhibitions, including: Psychedelic: San Francisco Posters of the 60s, Truth
and Beauty: Neo-classicism in the Deocrative Arts, Sante: The Real Thing at the
ROM, and Documenting Design: Works on Paper from the European Collections of the
Royal Ontario Museum. From 1996 to 1998 he was Head of the ROM's Department of
Western Art and Culture and is the Mona Campbell Curator of Decorative Arts. Howard was
the ROM curator for the exhibition, A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert
Museum (June 21 to September 13, 1998). Since 1992 he has been Head of the ROM's
Institute of Contemporary Culture where he has presented many exhibitons, including: The
Sacred Earth, Theo Dimson: Graphic Designer, Watching TV: Historic
Televisons and Memorabilia from the MZTV Museum, and most recently, Lost
Sense: An Installation by Catherine Widgery.