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Klaus Biesenbach (geb.1966 in Kürten), der Anfang der 90er Jahre die Kunst-Werke e.V. - (KW) Institute for Contemporary Art und die Berlin Biennale mitbegründete, ging Mitte 2000 nach New York und war ab 2010 Direktor des P.S.1., der Dependance des Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) für Gegenwartskunst. In der New Yorker Kunstszene ist Biesenbach eine feste Größe, nun wechselt er nach Los Angeles und wird Direktor des Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

Dazu heißt es aus dem MOCA:
"... A visionary museum leader, Biesenbach comes to MOCA from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, where he has served as director of MoMA PS1 and chief curator at large of MoMA since 2010. During his leadership at the institution, the former P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art was transformed into the thriving MoMA PS1, with Biesenbach becoming known for championing emerging artists throughout the New York area, advocating for programs that made PS1 a gathering place for popular, multidisciplinary, in-the-moment artmaking and discussion, and reaching far beyond the museum’s walls to engage communities that had never before thought they would be touched by contemporary art. During his tenure as director of MoMA PS1, the Board of Trustees was expanded from 11 to 30 members, and the budget more than doubled to accompany successful programmatic and institutional growth.

As director of MOCA, Biesenbach will assume executive leadership of one of the most important museums of contemporary art in the world, holding an extraordinary collection comprising more than 7,000 objects and a record of organizing international, diverse, ground-breaking, and scholarly exhibitions. MOCA is the only independent, artist-founded museum in Los Angeles dedicated solely to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. In 2013, MOCA successfully completed an unprecedented endowment campaign to bring its endowment to over $100 million, and it now stands at over $130 million. ..."

https://moca.org/