Curators
Anatomies of exhibitions: Tate Britain. "To define British art"
Director Stephen Deuchar and curators Christine Riding and Robin Hamlyn reveal how they choose the shows
Putting Matisse and Picasso back in the ring at Tate Modern
Matisse wanted his art to be like a comfortable easy chair, while Picasso preferred to think of art as a weapon. But did these statements correspond with reality?
Exhibition of Visual Art (EV+A) in Limerick remains relevant and provocative
Pigs not caught in flagrante delicto and women wrestling with balloons are just some of the delights at this multi-venue biennale curated by Rosa Martínez
Iwona Blazwick on her time with Tate and the future of Whitechapel
The number two position at Tate Modern might satisfy most curators but Blazwick has given it up to direct the Whitechapel Art Gallery
The house that Michael built: Interview with Michael Auping
An interview with one of the curators of this year’s Whitney Biennial as his sculpture exhibition moves south of the Texan border
Interview with Marcia Tucker on building a truly contemporary museum: “Process, not product”
Marcia Tucker, the founding director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, reviews her work of the past twenty-two years
The brains behind the Biennale: Interview with Harald Szeemann
The Biennale director who launched the “Aperto” section for young artists is now replacing it with “d’Apertutto” as the theme of Biennale ‘99
We must salvage what remains of the past: Interview with Johnson Chang
The guru of avant-garde Chinese art in the Eighties and early Nineties talks now of a return to tradition
Behind the scenes at MoMA with John Elderfield and Kirk Varnedoe
Exhibitions, projects, budgets, and attendance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Tate Gallery: With Bow Bells, Cockney costermongers and artists
Iwona Blazwick describes a new and socially engaged style of curatorship at London’s future Tate Gallery of Modern Art
Obituary for Michael Jaffé: As demanding of himself as he was of others
A formidable connoisseur, academic and museum director who inspired many top figures in the British art world.
Interview with Christos Joachimides, beleaguered exhibition organiser and agent provocateur
“We have wanted to create more of an essay than a history, so we made a list of artists who have done something decisive... or who created work that one simply cannot overlook”
Womens’ rights campaigner, Mme Sadat, supports an Egyptian show with a pc twist
"Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven” is at the Brooklyn Museum 20 October - 5 January 1997
With the Castle Howard Guercino, Timothy Clifford has saved from export one more in a long line of masterpieces. Is he the last of Britain’s great acquirers?
The successes and (rare) failures of a passionate collector
Letters: Gagging clauses imposed on curators forced into early retirement
Secrecy at the old V&A
The long and fruitful relationship between Picasso and portraiture: Interview with curator William Rubin
The Director Emeritus of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and leading Picasso scholar in American museums discusses the exhibition he has curated opening this month
V&A's new director Alan Borg cuts through committee structure
Curators to be given a place on management committees
Dear Alan Borg: An open letter to the V&A's new director
Suggestions from a former Assistant Keeper
Six years ago, Elizabeth Esteve-Coll sacked four keepers of curatorial departments and other staff. One of those keepers assesses her achievements
Has the V&A lost its head?
Does art still need collectors? Where these days should the notion of collector end and that of custodian begin?
Several stakeholders weigh in
Major Latin American art exhibition arrives in New York this month
This will be the largest show of modern Latin American art to be presented in the United States
That famous light on Bacon: Museo Correr shows major retrospective
David Sylvester curates an exhibition of the artist's finest works in Napoleonic rooms
The V&A recruits European talent
Dr Norbert Jopek to join Sculpture department
Interview with curator Denys Zacharopoulos on Documenta IX: It’s a Documenta of certainties
“The museum is like a voodoo fetish, the artist a sorcerer but also a prisoner”
Jane Kallir mounts timely investigation into censorship of modern art
Exhibition gives historical context to denunciation of Mapplethorpe and Serrano
Julia Peyton-Jones steps up as new director for the Serpentine Gallery
She intends to look to global contemporary art while maintaining the importance of home-grown artists
Jennifer Mundy argues conservative art can also be good art: On Jane Lee's new Derain monograph
The Tate curator discusses moving on from Fauvism and the relationship between originality and quality
MoMA’s new Curator of Painting and Sculpture announced
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