AppointmentOctober 18, 2019
The Walker Art Center announced that Henriette Huldisch will be its next Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs
Walker Executive Director Mary Ceruti stated, “Henriette has an interdisciplinary perspective, deep knowledge and experience working with living artists. She will provide excellent leadership for our curators as we develop creative, experimental programming that both builds on the Walker’s collection and is responsive to our communities.”
Huldisch is currently Director of Exhibitions and Curator at the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Boston, Massachusetts, where she has worked since 2014. She will begin at the Walker on January 6, 2020, where she will provide artistic and organizational leadership to the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Moving Image, and Education and Public Programs departments.
Huldisch began her career at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2001 immediately after she graduated from New York University’s film studies program. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, Huldisch came to the United States after receiving a master’s in American studies at Berlin’s Humboldt University. At the Whitney, she co-curated the 2008 Whitney Biennial. From 2010-2014, she worked at Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum for Contemporary Art – Berlin, where she curated major exhibitions of Harun Farocki, Anthony McCall, and others.
Huldisch is currently Director of Exhibitions and Curator at the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Boston, Massachusetts, where she has worked since 2014. She will begin at the Walker on January 6, 2020, where she will provide artistic and organizational leadership to the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Moving Image, and Education and Public Programs departments.
Huldisch began her career at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2001 immediately after she graduated from New York University’s film studies program. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, Huldisch came to the United States after receiving a master’s in American studies at Berlin’s Humboldt University. At the Whitney, she co-curated the 2008 Whitney Biennial. From 2010-2014, she worked at Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum for Contemporary Art – Berlin, where she curated major exhibitions of Harun Farocki, Anthony McCall, and others.
