Gregor Muir is Director of Collection, International Art, at Tate (based at Tate Modern), having previously been the Executive Director of the

Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA c ...

in London from 2011 until 2016. He was the director of Hauser & Wirth, London, at 196a Piccadilly, from 2004 - 2011. He is also the author of a 2009 memoir in which he recounts his direct experience of the

YBA The Young British Artists, or YBAs—also referred to as Brit artists and Britart—is a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London in 1988. Many of the YBA artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsm ...

art scene in 1990s London.

Life and career

Gregor Muir curated the 2019 Andy Warhol exhibition at Tate Modern, which subsequently toured to Ludwig Museum in Cologne, AGO Toronto, and Aspen Art Museum. He has overseen the acquisition of numerous artworks into the Tate Collection, having led its international acquisition committees since 2017. While Executive Director of the ICA, Gregor Muir was responsible for exhibitions by Isa Genzken, Betty Woodman, Lis Rhodes, David Robilliard, Prem Sahib, Trojan, Bruce Nauman and Dennis Morris. In 2015 and 2016, Muir curated Frieze Talks, London, with a range of speakers including Wolfgang Tillmans, Anicka Yi and Lee Scratch Perry. At

Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth is a Swiss contemporary and modern art gallery. History Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth, and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by co-president Marc Payot. In 2020, Ewan Venters was ap ...

(2004 - 2011), Muir curated and produced exhibitions of works by Henry Moore (at Hauser & Wirth Zurich and London), Andy Warhol, Joan Mitchell,

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, and emerging artists at the time such as Jakub Julian Ziolkowski and

Zhang Enli Zhang Enli () was born 1965 in Jilin Province, China, is a professional artist living and working in Shanghai. He graduated from the Arts & Design Institute of Wuxi Technical University, China in 1989, and teaches at the Arts and Design Institute ...

. Muir was instrumental in programming 'Hauser & Wirth Coppermill', a vast industrial shed off Brick Lane in East London, with ambitious exhibitions by Christoph Buchel, Martin Kippenberger and Deiter Roth. He also curated group exhibitions such as 'Old School' (2007) bringing together seminal paintings by Old Master and Contemporary artists such as Bruegel,

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, John Currin and Elizabeth Peyton. In 2005, he curated 'London in Zurich' at

Zurich, featuring works by

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(now Monster Chetwynd) and Daniel Sinsel. Between 2001 and 2004, Muir was the Kramlich Curator of Contemporary Art at

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where he worked on numerous film and video acquisitions for

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Collections (to include ambitious co-acquisitions of works across multiple museums by Bruce Nauman and Bill Viola), as well as curating contemporary art displays from the

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, including a special focus on Robert Morris' 1971

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exhibition and

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's 'Equivalent' series ("the bricks"). Along with

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he curated the exhibition 'Time Zones' at

, one of the museum's first exhibitions dedicated to the moving image eaturing works by Anri Sala, De Rijke / de Rooij and Fiona Tanas well as 'In-a-Gadda-da-Vida' at

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with

Damien Hirst Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingd ...

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and

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. In 1997, Muir worked at the Lux Gallery in

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, in the emerging cultural quarter of

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, showing works by artist such as Kutlug Ataman, Jane & Louise Wilson, jodi.org and Carsten Holler. In 1997, he co-curated 'Assuming Positions' at the ICA London, featuring works by Jorge Pardo, Tobias Rehberger and

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. Between 1996 and 1997, Muir curated the video programs 'Speaking of Sofas' and 'A Small Shifting Sphere of Serious Culture', including works by

Tacita Dean Tacita Charlotte Dean CBE, RA (born 1965) is a British / German visual artist who works primarily in film. She was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998, won the Hugo Boss Prize in 2006, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2008. S ...

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and Jane & Louise Wilson. In 1994 he curated 'Liar', featuring works by

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and

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, and in 1993 he curated 'Lucky Kunst', featuring artists such as

Gary Hume Gary Stewart Hume (born 9 May 1962) is an English artist. Hume's work is strongly identified with the YBA who came to prominence in the early 1990s. Hume lives and works in London and Accord, New York.

and

Sam Taylor-Wood Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson OBE ( née Taylor-Wood; 4 March 1967) is a British filmmaker and photographer. Her directorial feature film debut was 2009's ''Nowhere Boy'', a film based on the childhood experiences of The Beatles songwriter a ...

. Muir has also been a writer for numerous artist catalogues, as well as being a contributor to ''

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'' and ''frieze'' magazines.

Works

Reviews

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References

External links

ICA staff page

Review of ''Lucky Kunst''
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