“No other scholar has contributed as much to the study of California art,” says critic and curator Michael Duncan.
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Artists and Curators Share Pro-Tips for Successful Virtual Studio Visits
Eight artists, curators (and yes, even a meme account) weigh in on the benefits of screen-sharing, PDFs, and even personalized Zoom backgrounds
The Metropolitan Museum Hires Its First Full-Time Curator of Native American Art
The appointment of Patricia Marroquin Norby is a historic milestone for the museum, which decided to display Indigenous art in its American Wing for the first time in 2017.
Curators Impacted by COVID-19 Can Apply for This Emergency Grant
The Kinkade Family Foundation grants will award up to $5,000 for “unexpected emergencies related to the COVID-19 epidemic.”
Meet LA’s Art Community: Helen Molesworth Still Buys Postcards and Loves Seeing Art Alone
A new interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
How to Curate a Yearlong, Three-Part Exhibition
Curators Jaishri Abichandani and Natasha Becker unpack Perilous Bodies, Radical Love, and the upcoming Utopian Imagination exhibitions — three exhibitions that formed one series for the Ford Foundation Gallery’s inaugural year.
Museum Workers Share Their Salaries and Urge Industry-Wide Reform
Over 660 arts professionals have added to a spreadsheet detailing their salaries. The pay for these prestigious positions may be lower than you expect.
Curators Reveal Their Favorite Wall Colors for Showing Art
Nine curators share their favorite wall colors — a decision that constructs a sensibility for an exhibition, echoing around the artworks on view.
Acknowledging the Intellectual Labor of Curators in a Museum
Thoughts on why curatorial effort isn’t always acknowledged by museums and the press.
Museums Agree to Curator Time Share
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) have made an unusual announcement. Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins will be purchasing 25% of the curator Nii Quarcoopome’s time from the DIA.
Curator Diary: Jason Andrew in Asheville (Day 4)
A curator’s job isn’t just to shuffle some art around in a gallery space. In many ways, curators are the glue that hold artistic communities together, by organizing group events, serving as hubs of communication and connecting people and groups on local, national and international levels. In this Curator Diary, Jason Andrew does a lot of visiting, a lot of lunching and a lot of talking. It’s all a part of the gig.
Curator Diary: Jason Andrew in Asheville (Day 3)
Today’s Curator Diary from Jason Andrew exposes the nuts and bolts of putting together an exhibition. Andrew works with an art handler to install pieces in the developing Jack Tworkov show, frets over catalogue corrections and reaches out to area artists and students. Curating isn’t all glamorous openings and swanning around with Marina Abramovic, after all.