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# Two Writers Artspeak Their Way Through #AskaCurator Day
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/two-writers-artspeak-their-way-through-askacurator-day/
- Published: 2016-09-15T17:50:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:28:49.000Z
- Description: We've become accustomed to the usual art institution social media feeds that remind us of artist birthdays, collection highlights, upcoming events, and the other static in our art-filled lives. OK, that's harsh, but you know what I mean.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, Carolina Miranda, Featured, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:17 (2016, 2017, part 1)

![screen-shot-2016-09-15-at-12-56-35-pm](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-15-at-12-56-35-pm.png)

(screenshot by the author via Twitter)

We’ve become accustomed to the usual art institution social media feeds that remind us of artists’ birthdays (HBD, [Silpa Bhirasri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silpa%5FBhirasri?ref=hyperallergic.com)!), collection highlights (nice, [Riza-yi \`Abbasi](https://twitter.com/metmuseum/status/776216665180803072?ref=hyperallergic.com), Met!), upcoming events ([Basquiat talk](https://twitter.com/pamm/status/776167707146412033?ref=hyperallergic.com) at the Pérez!), and the other static in our art-filled lives. OK, that’s harsh, but you know what I mean. What are we really asking for? What insight do we seek?

![keep-calm-and-ask-a-curator-home](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/09/keep-calm-and-ask-a-curator-home.jpg)

Miranda’s mug? (via keepcalm-o-matic)

#AskaCurator day was conceived by UK-based [Mar Dixon](https://twitter.com/MarDixon?ref=hyperallergic.com) and has been embraced by many museums around the world. Yesterday, to mark the occasion, two well-known art writers (Jörg Colberg in Massachusetts and Carolina Miranda in California) decided to poke fun at the daylong curatorial celebration in their own social media–savvy way.

Let me *curate* that for you …

https://twitter.com/cmonstah/status/776138619492769792https://twitter.com/cmonstah/status/776141439071772672https://twitter.com/cmonstah/status/776145692838334464https://twitter.com/cmonstah/status/776147403334266880https://twitter.com/cmonstah/status/776148139271086080

> For those who're joining us just now: Carolina's next, bacon based performance will be at LACMA, in a replica of their cafeteria.  
>  
> — CPhMag.com (@jmcolberg) [September 14, 2016](https://twitter.com/jmcolberg/status/776149085476749312?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)