NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 10, 2025 — The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the next iteration of the International Curatorial Institute for Modern and Contemporary Art, in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Now entering its sixth cycle, this program continues to strengthen global curatorial leadership by bringing together distinguished curators outside the United States for an immersive learning experience in New York City.
The 2025 cohort brings together 13 fellows from around the globe, representing 12 countries including Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Qatar, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine, United States of America, and Vietnam.
Building upon CCL’s success in training the next generation of museum leaders and expanding MoMA’s long history of international exchange, the program aims to cultivate a global network of collaborative curators and to enrich participants’ capacity to tackle strategic issues facing 21st-century museums.
Initiated in 2014, the International Curatorial Institute is a two-week intensive that explores leadership in modern and contemporary art museums through the lens of institutional strategy, cultural stewardship, and curatorial practice. The program combines seminars led by Columbia Business School faculty with discussions and mentorship sessions with MoMA leadership, offering participants a rigorous curriculum shaped by CCL’s expert engagement with New York’s cultural landscape. Through this immersive experience within one of the world’s leading museums, the cohort examines diverse models of curatorial leadership within a global and local context.
The 2025 cohort has been selected by MoMA and CCL for demonstrating leadership potential in their home institutions, a distinguished record of curatorial innovation, and a shared commitment to local and international collaboration.
We admire the great accomplishments and achievements of these exceptional curators and are excited by their potential as the next generation of institutional leaders. We look forward to welcoming them to New York City this October.
The 2025 International Curatorial Institute Fellows (listed alphabetically):
Issa Al Shirawi, Head of International Exhibitions, Qatar Museums Authority, Doha, Qatar
Meriem Berrada, Artistic Director and Head Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco
Amanda Carneiro, Curator, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Sophie Cavoulacos, Associate Curator, Film Department, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Tetyana Filevska, Creative Director, Arts Department, Ukrainian Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Don Handa, Curator, Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
Evangelos Kotsioris, Assistant Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Soledad Liaño Gibert, Curator, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Akansha Rastogi, Senior Curator, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India
Lucía Sanromán, Chief Curator, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Juyeon Song, Hyundai Card Visitor, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA & Seoul, South Korea
Lê Thuân Uyên, Artistic Director, The Outpost, Hanoi, Vietnam
Ikko Yokoyama, Senior Curator, Head of Design and Architecture, M+, Hong Kong
