Im Geunhye, Former Exhibition Team Leader at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Appointed as New Director of Arko Art Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] Im Geun-hye (49), former exhibition team leader at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, has been appointed as the director of Arko Art Center.

The Korea Arts & Culture Education Service announced on the 19th that Im Geun-hye was selected as the new director of Arko Art Center, an affiliated institution, and will begin her duties on the 1st of next month.

Director Im graduated from the Department of Arts at Hongik University and earned a master's degree from Goldsmiths, University of London. She completed doctoral coursework in Museology at the University of Leicester. She served as the exhibition director at the Seoul Museum of Art and worked as the exhibition team leader at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art until last year.

Arko Art Center is a public art museum that started in 1974 under the name Misulhoegwan in Gwanhun-dong and relocated to Daehangno in 1979.

Since 2015, the director position has been vacant, and the center has been operated under an acting director system.

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