Xue Tan, the curator accountable for a intently watched Hong Kong artwork middle’s acclaimed programming, is ready to hitch the employees of considered one of Germany’s prime museums.
At the moment senior curator of the Tai Kwun Up to date middle, Tan is now slated to turn out to be chief curator of the Haus der Kunst in Munich beginning this June. The put up is a extremely coveted one, and was beforehand held by Emma Enderby, whose departure to turn out to be creative director of the KW Institute of Up to date Artwork in Berlin was introduced in October.
Tan has overseen the exhibition program of Tai Kwun Up to date because it opened in 2018. It’s among the many few Hong Kong artwork areas with a world following, and has below Tan staged exhibits by Cao Fei, Maria Hassabi, Tino Sehgal, and extra, in addition to group exhibitions resembling a present one about ladies, Indigenous data, and the pure world.
Director Andrea Lissoni praised Tan for her “deep data and expertise on the Asian Area” in a press release.
“After dedicating virtually a decade on establishing Tai Kwun Up to date in Hong Kong, I’m thrilled to hitch Andrea Lissoni and the group in furthering the imaginative and prescient of artwork as a fancy evolution via ingenious and transformative engagements, and impactful programming,” Tan mentioned in a press release. “I look ahead to contributing to the transformation of the establishment, my community of artists and communities throughout the globe will probably be a stable assist for our work.”