NEW YORK.-Lisa Phillips, Henry Luce III Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, announced today the appointment of Laura Hoptman to the position of Curator. This announcement follows the recent arrival of Richard Flood as Chief Curator at the New Museum.

Ms. Hoptman was most recently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art where she organized the 2004-05 Carnegie International. Prior to the Carnegie, she served as Assistant Curator, Drawings, at the Museum of Modern Art (1995-2001), where she organized "Drawing Now: Eight Propositions", an international survey of contemporary drawings, in addition to several well received "Projects" exhibitions. She also served as co-curator for "Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama" and was one of a team of six curators who organized the first "Greater New York" exhibition at P.S.1. in 2000. She previously held positions at both the Whitney Museum of American Art and at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

Ms. Hoptman received her B.A. from Williams College (1983) and her M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (1986).

"Laura is an experienced and talented curator, writer, and educator. We welcome her to the New Museum as we expand and strengthen our curatorial team in advance of opening our new building on the Bowery. Laura’s passion and vision will be a tremendous asset throughout this dynamic period of growth and change," stated Lisa Phillips.