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Yuko Hasegawa chief curator at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / Japan
Art, media and information
10 / 11 (Sat)9 : 00 - 10 : 40
C4 (Room 141-142)

Graduated from Faculty of Law, Kyoto University. Completed master course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Graduate School of Fine Arts. After working as a curator at the Mito City Art Museum, she stayed at the Whitney Museum on the ACC Scholarship and then worked as a curator at the Setagaya Art Museum. Since August in 1999, Hasegawa has been chief curator at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. She has been also active as a director of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art. In 1999 she played a role as one of the international judges at Venice Biennial, and in 2001 she served as a general commissioner at the 7th International Istanbul Biennial. She curated the Shanghai Biennale in 2002. In 2003 she commissioned the exhibition at the Japanese pavilion for the Venice Biennial.

http://www.art.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp

The exhibition venue at the International Istanbul Biennial
Photographed by Kenji Morita

The exhibition venue at the Venice Biennial (Yutaka Sone)
Photographed by Keizo Kioku

The exhibition venue at the Venice Biennial (Motohiko Odani)
Photographed by Keizo Kioku