YASUFUMI NAKAMORI CHOSEN TO LEAD PHOTO DEPARTMENT AT MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART

Yasufumi Nakamori has been selected by the Minneapolis Institute of Art to head its photography department and serve as curator of photography and new media. Nakamori comes from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, where he is associate curator of photography. There, he organized shows such as “For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1978,” 2015, and “Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage,” 2012.

He helped the museum acquire over 700 photos, including nearly 300 photographs by Yasuhiro Ishimoto: the second biggest collection of the photographer’s work beyond Japan. He has also worked as curator for Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore, and has served in roles at the 2006 Singapore Biennale, the MIT List Visual Arts Center, and Whitney Museum of American Art.