Kathy Halbreich
Associate Director, The Museum of Modern
Art, New York
Kathy Halbreich joined the Museum of Modern Art in the newly created
position of Associate Director in February 2008 to focus on curatorial
and strategic issues designed to amplify contemporary programs and
initiatives at MoMA and P.S. 1, both locally and globally. She
leads the contemporary working group, a curatorial committee dedicated
to contemporary art. She is developing the Museum’s acquisitions
of very recent works through the Fund for the 21st Century, proposing
and organizing exhibitions, and partnering with the museum’s
Director Glenn Lowry on advocacy issues.
Prior to coming to MoMA, Halbreich served as Director of the Walker
Art Center in Minneapolis for the past 16 years. During her
tenure, the Walker diversified its visitor base, extended its civic
and international presence, and broadened its multidisciplinary programming
in the visual, performing and media arts. Under Halbreich’s
leadership, the Walker presented many groundbreaking exhibitions, such
as those devoted to the artists Chantal Akerman, Joseph Beuys, Chuck
Close, Bruce Nauman, Kiki Smith, and Kara Walker. Halbreich has also
served as curatorial adviser for the Carnegie International and Gwangju
Biennale as well as a board member for the Andy Warhol Foundation for
Visual Arts.
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