The Museum of Modern Art will announce on Friday that Stuart Comer will become chief curator of the department of media and performance art in September, according to a statement released by the museum. Mr. Comer, curator of film at the Tate Modern in London since 2004, will oversee the department’s program of special exhibitions, installations from the collection, and acquisitions.
“MoMA has become a leading institution redefining the role of media and performance in the museum,†Mr. Comer said in a statement, “and this will be an exciting opportunity to further develop its programs in collaboration with artists, audiences, and colleagues.â€
Mr. Comer established the film program as a major curatorial initiative at the Tate Modern, and in 2012 was one of the co-curators of the opening festival for the Tanks â€" underground oil tanks converted by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron to feature films, performances and installations. Among the live film and projection projects he organized in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall were those by Tony Conrad, Nan Goldin, Barbara Hammer, Derek Jarman, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Daria Martin and Zeena Parkins, Shuji Terayama, Throbbing Gristle and Jennifer West. Mr. Comer is a co-curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art 2014 Biennial, and will be working with both institutions until next Marc..
