NEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum today announced its partnership with Hyundai Motor Company as part of the Hyundai Translocal Series, an initiative fostering collaboration between art institutions in Korea and cultural organizations across the globe. Building on the New Museum’s long history of exchange with peers around the world, the multi-year collaboration with the Ulsan Art Museum will launch starting in September 2026 with the premiere of a new commission by Ho Tzu Nyen (b. 1976, Singapore) at both institutions. At the New Museum, Ho’s video work will be installed in the glass-front elevators created through the recent OMA-designed expansion of the Museum.
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“We are delighted to participate in the Hyundai Translocal Series, which allows us to transcend physical distances, share the unique cultural and environmental fabrics of our two great cities, and collectively explore the push and pull of the global and the local in contemporary art. This collaboration will serve as a bridge that connects our cities and their respective art communities, resulting in new works of art that offer audiences a transformative experience of a multilayered reality that connects us all beyond a single location,” said Regan Grusy, Acting Director of the New Museum, and Changsub Lim, Director of the Ulsan Art Museum.
“We look forward to embracing new dialogues and perspectives that will emerge through these collaborations as partner institutions deepen their understanding of locality and relationality in navigating the evolving cultural narratives of our time,” said DooEun Choi, Art Director of Hyundai Motor Company.
Investigating the plurality of cultural identities in Southeast Asia, Ho Tzu Nyen’s work across film, video, performance, and multimedia installation is rooted in numerous Eastern and Western cultural references. His works blend mythical narratives and historical facts to mobilize different understandings of history, its writing, and its transmission. Ho has held solo exhibitions at LUMA Arles (2025); Mudam, Luxembourg (2025); Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson (2024); Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2024); Singapore Art Museum (2023); and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2022). His works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Guggenheim, New York and Abu Dhabi; M+ Museum, Hong Kong; MMCA, Seoul; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; and Singapore Art Museum, among others. He has been appointed Artistic Director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale opening in September 2026.
Additional details about Ho’s New Museum presentation will be announced in the coming months.
