On November 13, Choi Hwi-young, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, appointed Ki Hye-kyung as the new director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). Her term will last for three years.
Ki Hye-kyung is an exhibition planner with extensive experience in public art museums and research in Korean modern and contemporary art history. She has worked for approximately 13 years as a curator at the MMCA, serving in various roles including at the Deoksugung Museum, the Curatorial Research Department, and the Special Exhibition Task Force at the Seoul branch. She has also held positions as the Operations Director at the Buk-Seoul Museum of Art and as the Director of the Busan Museum of Art. In 2022, she co-edited 'Korean Art Revisited 3: 1990s-2008,' which summarizes Korean contemporary art since the 1990s. Since 2023, she has been dedicated to research and mentoring students at Hongik University’s Graduate School of Art.
Minister Choi stated, “The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is a representative museum of the nation that embodies the history of Korean modern and contemporary art and leads the trends of contemporary art. I expect the new director, who has diverse experiences in both the museum field and academia, to bring the museum closer to the public and create a space that resonates with the world.”
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