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MoMA Appoints Stuart Corner as Chief Curator of Media and Performance

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

The Museum of Modern Art has announced that Stuart Corner, former Curator of Film at the Tate Modern, London since 2004, will take over as the Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at the Museum.  Mr. Corner is also a co-curator for the 2014 Whitney Biennal.  “Artists working across time-based media—from performance to the moving image and all of the many permutations in between—continue to push and reshape artistic practice in fundamentally challenging and exciting ways,” say Mr. Comer. “I look forward to exploring this dynamic field and its rich history by continuing the development and exhibition of MoMA’s distinguished collection.” (more…)