Francine Weiss, Ph.D

Francine Weiss, Ph.D. is an art advisor, independent curator, and artist based in Rhode Island. With more than 20 years of experience, she has held curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Art, Harvard Art Museums, deCordova Sculpture Park; Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, and the Photographic Resource Center, where she also revitalized Loupe Journal, publishing three issues annually that featured leading contemporary photographers. From 2016–2024, she served as Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator at the Newport Art Museum, organizing exhibitions such as Social Fabric, Renee Cox: Revolution/Revelation, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ReVision, Hair Stories, The Shapes of Birds, and Andy Warhol: Big Shot.

Weiss has taught at Wellesley College, Simmons University, Boston University, and New England College’s MFA in photography program. She holds a Ph.D. in American art and the history of photography from Boston University and a B.A. in English from Wellesley College. 

Her photography and mixed-media works have been exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Rhode Island Center for Photography, Danforth Art Museum, Overlap Gallery, Center for Fine Art Photography, Photosynthesis Gallery, Somerville Toy Camera Festival, and Espace Canopy in Paris.