Gabriel Wick
Lecturer
- Department: Art History and Fine Arts
Professor Wick is an art historian, writer and curator whose research focuses on the designed environment. He first taught at AUP in 2014. He initially trained as a landscape architect and planner at the University of California, Berkeley (MLA, 2003) and worked in those fields inĚýNew York and Paris. In 2011 he completed a second masters on the conservation of historic landscapes at ÉNSA–Versailles. In 2017 he completed his doctoral researchĚýin history at Queen Mary–University of London.Ěý
His research focuses on 18th-century landscapes, designs and political culture. He is the author ofĚýGardens in Revolution: Landscapes and Political Culture in France, 1760–1792Ěý(Harvey Miller / Brepols, 2025). He also co-curated the exhibitionsĚýComte d'Artois: Prince et MĂ©cèneĚý(Château of Maisons / CMN, Winter 2025-2026);ĚýLe Petit SalonĚý(Middlebury College Art Museum, Autumn, 2025);ĚýVivre Ă l'AntiqueĚý(Château of RambouilletĚý/ CMN, Spring 2021) andĚýHubert Robert et la fabrique des JardinsĚý(Château of La Roche-Guyon, Autumn 2017).Ěý
His current research project looks at 18th-century authors' homes and gardens. He teaches at NYU Paris and also lectures for the École du Louvre.Ěý
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Education/Degrees
- PhD, University of London - Queen Mary (in progress, anticipatedĚýdate of completion: June 2015)
- Master 2, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture -Versailles, 2009
- MLA, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley, 2004
- BA, Gallatin Schoo, NYU, 2000
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