Laura Allred Hurtado was the global acquisitions art curator for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' museum in Salt Lake City, where she'd worked for six years.
"For nearly 90 years, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been an aesthetic force and community leader in Utah and beyond,” Hurtado said in a statement. “I am honored and humbled to be a part of that longstanding legacy.”
UMOCA board president Val Antczak praised Hurtado for her “combination of knowledge and enthusiasm, which will assure that UMOCA continues as a unique, vibrant showcase for contemporary art in Utah.