Anne Ayres (1936- ) was a curator and art historian in Los Angeles, California. Ayres earned her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Southern California and was the Associate Curator of the Newport Harbor Art Museum (now the Orange County Museum of Art) from 1985-1988. She subsequently served as director of the Ben Maltz gallery at the Otis College of Art and Design from 1988-2003.
Ayres is retired and lives in Eugene, Oregon.