The Curator's Handbook: Museums, Commercial Galleries, Independent Spaces

by Adrian George

Overview

An updated edition of this essential practical handbook for all those involved in or studying the dynamic field of curating.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500297612
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	11/12/2024
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adrian George is a curator, commissioner, writer, and educator with over twenty-three years' experience working in some of the most influential art institutions in the world, including the New Museum, New York; Tate Modern; Tate Liverpool; and the UK Government Art Collection. He is currently director of programmes, exhibitions and museum services at ArtScience Museum, Singapore.

Editorial Reviews

06/01/2015
This informative handbook to the multiple facets of the world of curatorship starts with the historic view of the curator and continues with a detailed examination of the multiple tasks and roles typically assigned to modern curators. George (senior curator, UK Government Art Collection) traces the evolution of an exhibition from its conception to the presentation of the idea, through contracts and loans, budgets and schedules, catalogs and didactic materials, as well as gallery design and public relations. Each chapter provides an essential discussion of the practicalities and possibilities involved; charts with diagrams and tables help clarify the issues at hand. Readers are taken through the curation process with precise writing and a formidable wealth of experience behind each inquiry and instruction. Frequent observations by the contributing museum directors add a personal touch and offer beneficial perspectives about the job. VERDICT Any student or novice curator will find this a vital part of their curriculum; it is a resource that should be on the shelf of any curator working in a museum in the 21st century. A much-needed manual for contemporary practitioners of the fine art of curatorship, written with an eye to the everyday applications necessary for the evolution of an exhibition.—Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., NY

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