The event will feature a conversation with Jessica Morgan, exploring her experience as a curator and museum director, the role of museum administration in shaping institutional vision, and the different paths toward building a curatorial career. Moderated by Margot Bouman, who will represent the student perspective, the discussion will address questions about entering the art world, navigating institutional structures, and developing a curatorial practice. The conversation will also include questions from students, creating an opportunity for direct dialogue between Jessica and the university community.
Presented by the Curators Collective and the Design History and Practice program at Parsons and The New School.
Jessica Morgan is the incoming Director of Tate, United Kingdom, and current Nathalie de Gunzburg Director of Dia Art Foundation, New York. Since joining Dia as Director in 2015, Morgan has been responsible for strengthening and activating all parts of Dia’s multivalent program, including its pioneering Land art projects, site-specific commissions, and collections and programming across its constellation of sites. Morgan has led a series of initiatives reaffirming and reinvigorating the nonprofit’s founding vision and principles and has also grown and broadened its permanent collection to spotlight a more diverse and international mix of artists. Since 2018, Morgan has led a comprehensive, multi-year project to upgrade and revitalize Dia’s programmatic spaces.
Prior to assuming her position at Dia, Morgan was The Daskalopoulos Curator, International Art, at Tate Modern in London from 2010 to 2014, and was Curator at Tate from 2002 to 2010. In addition to her work on exhibitions, Morgan played a key role in the growth of Tate’s collection—driving the development of the museum’s holdings of mid-century and emerging art from North America, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Morgan was previously Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and a curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Morgan curated the 2020-22 Verbier Art Summits and served as the artistic director of the 10th Gwangju Biennale in 2014. Morgan is on numerous international advisory boards, including the Sounding Board for Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; the Advisory Committee for the Collection, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain; the Advisory Commitee for Khao Yai Foundation, Thailand; and the Advisory Board for the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, Mumbai, India.
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