Faculty

Ann C. Gunter received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern art history and archaeology from Columbia University and in 1987 joined the staff of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, as curator of ancient Near Eastern Art. In 2004 she was appointed Head of Scholarly Publications and Programs at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, and she also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, John Hopkins University.

A specialist in ancient Near Eastern art and Anatolian archaeology, Dr. Gunter has curated several exhibitions at the Freer and Sackler galleries, including When Kingship Descended from Heaven: Masterpieces of Mesopotamian Art from the Louvre (1992), Preserving Ancient Statues from Jordan (1996), and Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade (2004). Her numerous publications include Gordion: The Bronze Age (1991), Ancient Iranian Metalwork in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (co-authored with Paul Jett, 1992), A Collector’s Journey: Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (2002), Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies, 1900–1950 (co-edited with Stefan R. Hauser, 2005), and Greek Art and the Orient (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). She is currently preparing for publication the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age ceramics excavated from the site of Kinet Höyük, Turkey, an archaeological field project under the auspices of Bilkent University, Ankara.

a-gunter@northwestern.edu