Martino Stierli, a Swiss architecture and art history professor interested in "how architecture is represented in the media and intersects with art," has been named Barry Bergdoll's successor as the chief curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
In a Press Release, Stierli comments upon his appointment: "Since its inception, MoMA has presented groundbreaking exhibitions that promote and critically reflect upon modern and contemporary architecture. By continually expanding its comprehensive collection, the Department of Architecture and Design has been pivotal to the preservation of modernism for the future, and to making that heritage accessible to scholars and the broader public alike. I am excited to continue this tradition at MoMA and look forward to working with the Museum's extraordinary team to contribute to shaping the current discourse on architecture and the city—locally, nationally, and globally."
He will begin his new role in March 2015. Learn more about Stierli, and how his appointment will influence the MoMA's exhibitions, at The New York Times' Arts Beat Blog.
