The New Curator

Author: Borthwick, Ben, Hoare, Natasha, Milliard, Coline

The arts: general issues

Published on 28 March 2016 by Orion Publishing Co (Laurence King Publishing) in the United Kingdom as part of the An Elephant Book series.

Hardback | 240 pages
280 x 210 | 1180g

How many times have you heard the term curate in the past few years? But what exactly does it mean? Curating has been a key concept both in and outside the art world in the past few years, with the remit of what a curator does having changed and expanded with each new exhibition or biennale. With an emphasis on the now and the most recent exhibitions, this book examines the variety and richness of curating practices today, from public commissions by Art Angel to experimental projects such as the Ghetto Biennale in Haiti or the Rhizome digital archive.

Each highly illustrated case study is structured around an interview with the curator responsible for the show. The text both tells the story of the shows making and fills in background information about the curators work.