Pick 'N Mix
Pick 'N Mix #51 - An article on curating in China asks who gets to call themselves a curator, and the problems that arise when curators have no knowledge of art history and/or cannot perform as critics; when they are just workers performing bureaucracy "not unlike the security guard at a museum". With comments by curator Hou Hanru, and others.- Keep in mind the comments from the Chinese artist in the previous article while you read this article in The Atlantic, which is a brief profile of Gulnara Karimova, daughter of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, pop singer, jewelry designer, and now (of course!), curator.
- The Guggenheim is embarking on a major project, the "Guggenheim UBS Map Global Art Initiative" to "challenge our Western-centric view of art history" in contemporary art. A laudable initiative, or a cynical exercise to mine new markets for valuable art? These quotes from Jürg Zeltner, the chief executive of UBS Wealth Management seem to answer that question: "As art is becoming more and more of an asset class, UBS is looking to increase our profile in these kinds of special fields of interest" and "More and more we are refocusing our strategy to reach emerging markets, and this project seemed like a perfect fit."
- A new book, Curating in the Caribbean, is out on the excellent The Green Box press.
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Musings
Curating in a new media age »
Despite the fact that new media art might be still treated as a new and recent phenomenon of art practice, the story of new media can be traced back as early as the sixties. Artists such as John Cage, Allan Kaprow, Roy Ascott, E.A.T. have been preoccupied with themes including interaction, multimedia, electronics, kineticism, cybernetics and technology, and so have curators and theorists ...
Reviews & Resources
Report from Manufacturing Exhibitions (2)»
Manufacturing Exhibitions (2), Max and Iris Stern International Symposium 6 , MARCH 30, 2012 TO MARCH 31, 2012 Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
This year’s incarnation of the annual Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal ’s Max and Iris Stern International Symposium aimed to reflect on leading issues from the last two decades of curatorial practice. For conference ...
Questions & Conversations
Curating.info Conversations: Antonia Blocker and Laurel Ptak»
This edition of Curating.info Conversations features Antonia Blocker in conversation with Laurel Ptak . In this interview, Antonia Blocker asks Laurel Ptak some key questions about curating online, the importance and durability of the exhibition as concept and form, and the possibilities for accessing new audiences.
To create the e-book, we used the Bookleteer platform, which was ...
