Appointed, in June of 2013, as chief curator of department of media and performance art of Museum of Modern Art, New York. Comer begins his new post on September 23. Since 2004, Comer has served as the curator of film at Tate Modern, London, where he cocurated the opening program for the Tanks, and organized the live film and projection projects of many artists, including Tony Conrad, Nan Goldin, Barbara Hammer, and Jennifer West. He is also cocurator of the upcoming 2014 biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In his new role, Comer will oversee MoMA s program of special exhibitions, installations from its collection of more than 1,700 media and performance works, and new acquisitions.