New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has hired Noam Segal as its first associate curator of art and technology.
Segal is serving as the art museum’s LG Electronics associate curator, a new position in partnership with LG – the South Korean electronics conglomerate.
The role is part of the LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative – a five-year alliance between the institution and LG to research and promote artists working with technology.
Segal will develop and support the Guggenheim’s engagement with technology-based art. She will also produce scholarship and other public-facing content related to art and technology.
“It is a huge honor to be joining the Guggenheim, an institution that advances art and technology through research and investigation, rigor and responsibility, and a clear commitment to artists and sustainable futures,” she said.
“I look forward to begin working with my colleagues to develop new exciting programs and continue to shape the future of digital art at the museum.”
Per a press release, Segal will work with various departments at the museum to “promote a deeper understanding of the ways in which contemporary artists use technologies of the present”.
These technologies include digital art, robotics, spatial sound systems, algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.
‘Shaping the future of digital art‘
Naomi Beckwith, the Guggenheim‘s chief curator and deputy director, said Segal has “demonstrated a clear and sensitive curatorial vision for the future of this field”.
“Her technological expertise will contribute invaluable investigations, ideas, and solutions to the LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative.
“We’re thrilled she is joining the museum and forwarding our commitment to this rapidly evolving field.”
Kate Oh, LG’s vice president, said Segal’s “extensive expertise enables her to be aware of the very pulse of cultural and creative innovations while her eyes scan the horizon of emerging technology”.
Images: Guggenheim
