Chris Dercon, the director of Haus der Kunst Munich, has been named Tate Modern’s new director. Since 2003 Dercon has served as director of the Munich institution, having brought not only leading international contemporary artists to the museum, but also enlivening its program by including architecture, design, fashion, photography, and film. Throughout his 20-year career Dercon has made significant contributions to many international cultural institutions in Europe and the US. From 1988 -1989 he was program director at MoMA/PS1, from 1990 - 1995 he served as director of the Witte de With, Center of Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, and between 1996 and 2003 he was director of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam. “I am delighted to join the team at Tate Modern. Transforming Tate Modern is an incredibly inspiring challenge allowing us the chance to create a new kind of art institution, fit for the twenty-first century, for London’s many different audiences. Thanks to its exceptional staff, Tate Modern is constantly evolving, almost like an art movement in itself. Indeed Tate Modern is many things for many people and I am thrilled that I will be part of it,” said Dercon. He will begin his new position in London during the Spring of 2011. www.tate.org.uk/modern www.hausderkunst.de | |  | | Photo: Marion Vogel / Haus der Kunst, Munich. | |
