Alexandra Munroe: Guggenheim Hires its First Curator of Asian Art

Alexandra Munroe Guggenheim Hires its First Curator of Asian Art
Alexandra Munroe, who resigned as vice president of arts and culture at Japan Society in New York last summer, has been hired as the Guggenheim Museum's first full-time curator of Asian art.

The Guggenheim has been seeking to open a branch in Asia, exploring partnerships in Hong Kong and Singapore, among other possibilities, and the creation is an indication of the institution's commitment to expanding Asian programming and acquisitions.

The Guggenheim has been seeking to open a branch in Asia, exploring partnerships in Hong Kong and Singapore, among other possibilities, and the creation is an indication of the institution's commitment to expanding Asian programming and acquisitions.

Ms Munroe guest-curated a survey of postwar Japanese art 'Scream against the sky' at the Guggenheim SoHo branch in 1994, and recently mounted an exhibition at the Japan Society curated by Takashi Murakami.

Most recently, she has been working on an exhibition about the influence of Asian art on American modernism to be shown at the Guggenheim in 2009 and will possibly travel internationally.

The museum has also hired Monica Ramirez-Montagut as assistant curator for architecture and design.

She has served as a curator at the Price Tower Art Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, which is fundraising to build an exhibition