Following a five-year mandate, during which he managed to save an institution on the brink of bankruptcy, director Gregor Muir is to step down from his position to be replaced by Stefan Kalmár.
Since 2009, Kalmár was head of the non-profit, Manhattan-based organization Artists Space. Among the the artists exhibited by the organization under his leadership were Bernadette Corporation (2012), Hito Steyerl (2015), Laura Poitras (2015), Cameron Rowland (2016) and Lukas Duwenhögger (2016). He was part of the Turner Prize jury in 2014, and he also directed the Kunstverein-Munchen, (2004-09), and the Institute of Visual Culture in Cambridge, (2000-04). Between 1997 and 1999, Kalmár was Artistic Director of London’s Cubitt Gallery.
In a press release, the new director — who will take up his new role in November 2016 — has expressed his intention to keep “artists and ideas at the heart of ICA’s programming decisions”, adding that, “in the face of complex local and global challenges, the ICA’s outspoken voice is needed more than ever. I believe that the ICA has all the tools to fulfil that unique, utopian model - ultimately to be one of the most progressive organisations of the 21st Century!”
For his part, Gregor Muir will join Tate in January as Director of the International Art Collection.
Starting from September 21, ICA will feature “Requests and Antisongs”, an exhibition dedicated to the British artist James Richards.
