Announcing the 2018 International Curatorial Institute with The Museum of Modern Art

This fourth iteration of the Institute continued the Center for Curatorial Leadership’s (CCL) partnership with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) International Program and addressed international models of curatorial practice, regional approaches to programming, and strategies for institutional leadership.

The 2018 cohort brings together 11 curators from institutions around the globe for an immersive learning experience in New York City. The cohort included two curators from MoMA as well as participants from the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia); The GoDown Arts Centre (Nairobi, Kenya); Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha, Qatar); Moderna Galerija (Llubljana, Slovenia); Museum MACAN (Jakarta, Indonesia); the National Gallery Singapore (Singapore); the National Gallery of Victoria – NGV (Melbourne, Australia); TEOR/éTica (San José, Costa Rica); and V-A-C Foundation (Moscow, Russia).

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. By drawing upon CCL’s decade of rigorous curatorial training and MoMA’s long history of global exchange through its International Program, the 2018 Institute will provide the cohort with tools, knowledge, and a continued platform for critical discourse as they define and develop their leadership abilities.

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.

Congratulations to the participants in this year’s MoMA International Curatorial Institute!

The 2018 International Curatorial Institute Fellows (listed alphabetically):

Laura Barlow, Curator, Middle East, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar

Katerina Chuchalina, Chief Curator, V-A-C Foundation, Moscow Russia

Miguel A. López, Co-Director and Chief Curator, TEOR/éTICA, San José, Costa Rica

Joy Mboya, Executive Director, The GoDown Arts Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Justin Paton, Head Curator of International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Bojana Piškur, Senior Curator, Modern Galerija, Llubljana, Slovenia

Aaron Seeto, Director, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN), Jakarta, Indonesia

Martino Stierli, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Russell Storer, Deputy Director (Curatorial and Collections), National Gallery Singapore, Singapore

Anne Umland, The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Miranda Wallace, Senior Curator of International Exhibition Projects, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia