Julia Alexander

Julia Alexander
Alexander in 2018
Born
Julia Mary Alexander

1967 (1967)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 2025(2025-05-04) (aged 57–58)
Towson, Maryland, U.S.
EducationWellesley College (BA)
New York University (MA)
Yale University (MA, PhD)
Occupations
  • Art historian
  • curator
  • museum director
EmployerWalters Art Museum (2013–2024)
Spouse
John Marciari
(m. 1996, separated)
Children2
FatherDavid Alexander

Julia Alexander (1967 – May 4, 2025), formerly Julia Marciari-Alexander, was an American art historian and curator who was executive director of the Walters Art Museum in Maryland from 2013 to 2024. As director, she oversaw the completion of a seven-year endowment campaign as well as the renovation of the Hackerman House, which holds the museum's collection of Asian art.

Alexander began her career at the Yale Center for British Art, where she was assistant curator of paintings and sculpture and later an associate director of the museum. In 2008, she joined the San Diego Museum of Art as its head curator, and served as an interim director following the departure of the museum director in 2009.