KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin has announced today that British curator Emma Enderby will be its new director, taking over from Krist Gruijthuijsen, who will be leaving the institution after eight years. Enderby, a curator, writer and lecturer of modern and contemporary art, is currently the head of programs and research/chief curator at Haus der Kunst, Munich. In Munich she has curated Tony Cokes: Fragments, or just Moments and an exhibition with Rirkrit Tiravanija. Beforehand she was chief curator at The Shed in New York, where she curated retrospective exhibition for Agnes Denes andTomás Saraceno, as well as exhibitions and projects with Ian Cheng, Trisha Donnelly, Oscar Murillo and Carrie Mae Weems. ‘Her committed approach to ecological issues and her focus on positions from outside of the official canon and Berlin as an international hub has inspired and convinced us’, said the selection committee in an official statement.
‘I look forward to this new journey and thank the board and the selection committee for trusting me to guide KW as a place within Berlin that can be quick and responsive, allowing for the issues of our time to be made central’ said Enderby of her new position. ‘For me, KW has a unique position within the Berlin landscape as a home for artists and the wider cultural landscape of the city and I want to present Berlin and KW as a nexus for the arts.’ Enderby will take up her new post on 15 April 2024 and begin her programme in January 2025.
