The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit has hired Luis Croquer as its new director.
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Croquer, who began his job at MOCAD in December, is an intriguing
catch for Detroit's feisty young contemporary art museum. He has
management and curatorial experience, deep knowledge of the global art
scene and a reputation as a soft-spoken, smart and generous
collaborator who doesn't demand the spotlight. He also has an unusually
cosmopolitan background. Born in El Salvador, the son of a Venezuelan
diplomat, he's lived in 10 countries and speaks four languages
fluently, plus enough German to get by.
At the same time, Croquer
has been working in the trenches at smaller New York institutions like
the American Federation of Arts and the Drawing Center. At MOCAD he
becomes the key artistic leader, fund-raiser, manager and public
cheerleader for a 2-year-old institution whose identity and
infrastructure remain works in progress. It's a big leap up -- for both
Croquer and MOCAD.
"It's a great privilege to be handed an
institution at such an early stage in its life where you're able to
create the program and set the tone for the future," says Croquer.
"That's what everybody dreams about in a curatorial career."
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