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In organizing them, independent curators are also helpful for museums, and according to Biriukova M. V., the interactions between museums and such kinds of curatorial projects can take the following forms: 4) a curatorial project in the contemporary art museum, which is natural and necessary for this institution; 5) a curatorial project on the museum’s platform for presenting contemporary ...
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of information on art and life. Historically, curators have been responsible for researching and developing collections within institutions, and exhibitions have been drawn from that context. Contemporary curators create and contribute to public dialogues about ideas and art strategies that address the world in all its complexities.
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Like art in general, curating cannot escape being simultaneously iconophile and iconoclast. Terry Smith 1. THEORETICAL PART 1.1. INTRODUCING TERMS: CURATOR AND CURATING Tom Morton, a curator of the British Art Show 7, the most influential exhibition of contemporary British art,2 was once asked to define a term curator. In his definition Morton in a
The curator’s status as a powerful “expert” and “gatekeeper” persists, with art critic David Sylvester claiming that the most important people in the cultural world are not artists but in fact curators, “the true brokers of the art world.”3 Curators have risen to such prominence particularly within contemporary art, with some gaining almost celebrity-like status, because of their ...
Australian art, Contemporary art, Pacific art, Photography, European art and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. AUDIENCE . Curators work with audiences to help them appreciate and understand the artworks and artists represented in the collection. The curator is a kind of intermediary or conduit between artists, artworks and audiences ...
The role of the contemporary art curator has radically expanded in the art world over the last several decades, and we could argue that the curatorial figure – whether one working within an institution or independently and non-institutionally – is a pivotal segment in understanding contemporary art.
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The article analyzes the current state of curatorship and curating from a historical, theoretical and practical perspective. The aim is to understand the origin and the nature of the justified critique facing the profession nowadays from art institutions, artists, as well as from curators themselves, while exploring the challenges faced. The key historical developments of the profession are ...
