Curator and writer Aric Chen is Het Nieuwe Instituut's new General and Artistic Director

2021-04-09T15:16:00-04:00

The Rotterdam-based institute of architecture, design, and culture Het Nieuwe Instituut ("The New Institute") announces Aric Chen as its new General and Artistic Director. Currently, Chen is based in Shanghai as the professor and founding Director of the Curatorial Lab at the College of Design & Innovation at Tongji University. He will be moving to Rotterdam to begin his position full-time in September 2021 but will assume his new role remotely starting in May.

Aric Chen was born and raised in Chicago, IL before his curatorial practices took him around the globe. He is currently based in Shanghai, CN. Chen received his BA in Architecture and BA in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, and received an MA in History of Decorative Arts and Design from Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and Parsons School of Design. Image © Yoha Jin

During his time as the Lead Curator for Design and Architecture at M+ Chen curated Shifting Objectives which was on display in from ...

Aric Chen of M+ receives top Design Curator Award at the inaugural Design Prize in Milan

2017-07-03T15:59:00-04:00

Launched this year, The Design Prize is an annual awards program, organised by the media outlets designboom and Abitare under the auspices of the City of Milan.

Aric Chen, a lead curator for Design and Architecture at one of the world's largest visual art museum, M+ in Hong Kong has been named the winner in the Design Curator and Design Critic category. Since joining M+ in 2012, Chen has led the museum’s efforts in building its design and architecture collection, which currently includes approximately 3,000 works out of a total of more than 6,000. The museum building, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is scheduled to open in 2019.

Archinect - News

Curator and writer Aric Chen is Het Nieuwe Instituut's new General and Artistic Director

Aric Chen of M+ receives top Design Curator Award at the inaugural Design Prize in Milan