What is Maurice Berger?
[[File:Maurice Berger PR.jpg|thumb|right|Maurice Berger in 2011]] '''Maurice Berger''' (May 22, 1956<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/berger-maurice-1956|title=Berger, Maurice 1956- {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> – March 23, 2020) was an American [[cultural historian]], [[curator]], and [[art critic]]. He was born in [[New York City]]. Berger was research professor and chief curator at the [[Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture]], [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]. Berger wrote the monthly ''Race Stories'' column for the Lens Section of the ''[[New York Times]]''.<ref>'' [http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=maurice+berger&_r=0/ Lens Blog: Race Stories by Maurice Berger]'', ''New York Times'', July 2012-present</ref> Berger died on March 23, 2020, from [[heart failure]] caused by [[COVID-19]] in [[Copake, New York]] at the age of 63.<ref>[https://stories.thejewishmuseum.org/the-jewish-museum-remembers-maurice-berger-1957-2020-617e516207fd ''The Jewish Museum Remembers Maurice Berger (1956–2020)]'', The Jewish Museum, 24 March 2020</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berger, Maurice}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:American art critics]] [[Category:American LGBT writers]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT people from New York City]] [[Category:American essayists]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}