21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Yuko Hasegawa

Yuko Hasegawa is Director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / Honorary Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts / Honorary Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts / Director, Art and Design, International House of Japan. She has served as a curator at Art Tower Mito (1989–93), visiting curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1992–93), curator at the Setagaya Art Museum (1993–99) and Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo(2016-March 2021). She is also Artistic Director of the Inujima Art House Project(2011- present). She completed a BA in Law at Kyoto University, and an MFA in Art History at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. She has been honored with the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France (2015), the Ordem de Rio Branco, Brazil (2017), and Japan Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan (2020).