Saint Louis Art Museum’s Min Jung Kim to speak at Sam Fox School Recognition Ceremony
2023-04-17 • Caitlin Custer
The Sam Fox School will hold its 2023 recognition ceremony Sunday, May 14. The event honors graduates in the College & Graduate School of Art as well as the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. Min Jung Kim, the Saint Louis Art Museum’s Barbara B. Taylor Director, will give the keynote address.
Carmon Colangelo, the Ralph J. Nagel Dean of the Sam Fox School, shared his excitement on this year’s speaker: “We are honored to have Min Jung Kim as our recognition speaker this year to share her inspiring story with our graduates as the first female director of the Saint Louis Art Museum. Since Min arrived, she has made a strong impression on the St. Louis community and I am thrilled that she has agreed to join us to congratulate the graduating class of 2023.”
About Min Jung Kim
Min Jung Kim was named the Barbara B. Taylor Director of the Saint Louis Art Museum in 2021.
She brings to St. Louis extensive experience in museum leadership roles. As the director and chief executive officer of the New Britain Museum of American Art, she enhanced the museum’s profile through exhibitions and collection development designed to expand the definition of American Art and reflect greater diversity while strengthening community engagement and collaborative partnerships. As deputy director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, she was in charge of implementing the completion of the Zaha Hadid-designed Broad MSU and setting up its new operational infrastructure. As director of content alliances at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, she managed collaborative projects among the Guggenheim, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Min Jung Kim was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Wheaton College and earned a master’s degree in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London.
Event details
May 14, 2023, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Francis Olympic Field