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Curatorial Challenges investigates the challenges faced by curators in contemporary society and explores which practices, ways of thinking, and types of knowledge production curating exhibitions could challenge. Bringing together international curators and researchers from the fields of art and cultural history, it provides new research and perspectives on the curatorial process and bridges the traditional gap between theoretical and academic museum studies and museum practices. It should be of great interest to academics, researchers, and postgraduate students engaged in the study of curatorial practice, museum studies, the making of exhibitions, museum communication, and art history.

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Beyond the Box : Diverging Curatorial Practices is a collection of essays by leading Canadian and international curators and artists that explores regions of art outside the gallery or museum. Delving into four main topics - Publications, Biennials, Art Museums Today, and New Media - the book documents contemporary curatorial work beyond the boundaries of traditional curatorial practice. The third in a series of books about curatorship, Beyond the Box is sure to be an important touchstone for artists and curators alike. Other books in the series include Naming a Practice : Curatorial Strategies for the Future (edited by Peter White) and The Edge of Everything Reflections on Curatorial Practice (edited by Catherine Thomas) Man Ray ; Finley, Karen ; Jamie, Cameron ; Tobias, Michael ; Komar & Melamid ; Jaar, Alfredo ; Falk, Gathie ; Tiravanija, Rirkrit ; Green, Renée ; Fraser, Andrea ; Peterman, Dan ; Cutierrez, Marina

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Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? 'Curate' is now a buzzword applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. At the same time, curatorial studies programs continue to grow in popularity, and businesses are increasingly adopting curation as a means of adding value to content and courting demographics. Everyone, it seems, is a now a curator. But what is a curator, exactly? And what does the explosive popularity of curating say about our culture's relationship with taste, labour and the avant-garde? In this incisive and original study, critic David Balzer travels through art history and around the globe to explore the cult of curation - where it began, how it came to dominate museums and galleries, and how it was co-opted at the turn of the millennium as the dominant mode of organizing and giving value to content. At the centre of the book is a paradox: curation is institutionalized and expertise-driven like never before, yet the first independent curators were not formally trained, and any act of choosing has become 'curating.' Is the professional curator an oxymoron? Has curation reached a sort of endgame, where its widespread fetishization has led to its own demise?

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