Peter Selz, Visiting Faculty Peter Selz has been a formidable force in the arts, responsible for introducing or broadening recognition of many major artists in America, among them Mark Rothko, Max Beckmann, Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, and the German Expressionists. Early in his career, Selz taught at the Institute of Design, the new Bauhaus of Chicago.in the 1950's. He then served as Chairman of the Art Department at Pomona College and as Director of its gallery. In the 1960's, Selz organized numerous groundbreaking exhibitions as curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Selz was the Founding Director of the Berkeley Art Museum at UC Berkeley, where he brought to prominence such California luminaries as Sam Francis, Bruce Conner, and Peter Voulkos, among others. He is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at UC Berkeley.