Irene Kim, who for the final three years was the worldwide head of VIP relations for Artwork Basel, has left the honest to hitch Chanel as head of the posh model’s US arts and tradition division, in keeping with a put up on LinkedIn. Kim is the primary individual to carry the place.
Earlier than heading up the Artwork Basel’s VIP program, Kim labored for six years as head of the regional US VIP program. Previous to that, she ran the VIP program on the Armory Present in New York.
Her departure marks the third high-profile personnel loss for Artwork Basel in lower than a month. In mid-January, Dunja Gottweis, who previously labored as Artwork Basel’s international head of gallery relations, was named director of Artwork Dubai. Alexie Glass-Kantor, who since 2015 had curated the Encounters part at Artwork Basel Hong Kong, was employed for the brand new place of govt director of curatorial operations for Artwork Dubai’s father or mother firm, Artwork Dubai Group.
Chanel declined to touch upon its new rent. Artwork Basel didn’t return a request for remark by publication time. It’s unclear presently who will take over Kim’s duties on the honest.
Earlier this 12 months, the Chanel Tradition Fund introduced a three-year partnership with the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, establishing what’s going to now be often called the Chanel Fee, an annual initiative designed to facilitate large-scale, revolutionary artwork installations.
The inaugural fee, debuting on Might 1 throughout Berlin Gallery Weekend, shall be completed by the Berlin-based artist Klára Hosnedlová.
