New Plymouth District Council Govett-Brewster Art Gallery has announced a new assistant curator.
Simon Gennard will join the gallery as its assistant curator contemporary art and collections from late August 2021.
A curator and writer, Simon was most recently assistant curator of Te Whanganui-a-Tara non-profit contemporary art space Enjoy, and was the 2017 Blumhardt Foundation/Creative New Zealand curatorial intern at The Dowse.
Simon gained his Master of Arts in Art History through Victoria University of Wellington in 2017.
"The Govett-Brewster has long been a focal point for critical conversations about contemporary art, in connection with who we are and our relations to the world.