Plus: Milan Ther to head up the Kunstverein in Hamburg
Billy Tang has been appointed executive director and curator Para Site. Tang will take up the position in May 2022 – he succeeds Cosmin Costinas who has overseen the Hong Kong contemporary art centre for more than a decade. Tang joins from Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum where he has worked as senior curator since 2018 – prior to that he was curatorial director at Beijing’s Magician Space.
Tang said in a statement: ‘Throughout its history, Para Site has always maintained its mutability in tandem with changing times. This reflexive agility and its multi-level visibility – local, regional, and international – has made it a vital and unique institution. In the late 1970s, my parents arrived in Hong Kong as refugees from Vietnam in hopes of a better future. This diasporic journey intersecting with Hong Kong’s history has always given me a strong sense of solidarity with the city and its culture.’
Meanwhile Milan Ther has been named director of the Kunstverein in Hamburg, succeeding Bettina Steinbrügge who departs for MUDAM in Lucembourg. Ther has served as director of the Kunstverein Nürnberg – Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft since 2018.
