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Curator and Historian Ki Hey-kyung Takes the Helm at Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

13. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie

Bright comic of a smiling cartoon Korean museum director holding a certificate next to an official, both with clear faces facing the viewer, in a Seoul museum courtyard with palace roofs, colourful sculptures and autumn trees

South Korea’s culture ministry has appointed Ki Hey-kyung, former director of the Busan Museum of Art, to lead the MMCA for a three-year term through November 2029.

Categories Museums & Institutions Tags Busan Museum of Art, Ki Hey-kyung, Korean art, MMCA, museum director, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

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