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Words of Wisdom : a Curator's Vade Mecum on Contemporary Art by Carin Kuoni; Marguerite Feitlowitz; Jean Christophe Ammann; Bart de Baere; Carlos Basualdo; René Block; Francesco Bonami; Saskia Bos; Sabine Breitwieser; Dan Cameron; Lynne Cooke; María de Corral; Bice Curiger; Donna M De Salvo; Steve Dietz; David Elliott; Trevor J Fairbrother; Jane Farver; Robert Fleck; Richard Flood; Dana Friis-Hansen; Gary Garrels; Thelma Golden; Hou Hanru; Yuko Hasegawa; Mária Hlavajová; Robert Hobbs; Mary Jane Jacob; Maaretta Jaukkuri; Milena Kalinovska; Vasif Kortun; Charlotta Kotik; Maria Lind; Lucy R Lippard; Bartomeu Marí; Jean-Hubert Martin; Rosa Martínez; Andrea Miller-Keller; Viktor Misiano; Gerardo Mosquera; Fumio Nanjo; Hans-Ulrich Obrist; Olu Oguibe; Apinan Poshyananda; Mary Carmen Ramirez; Lawrence Rinder; Mark Rosenthal; Irving Sandler; Jérôme Sans; Ingrid Schaffner; Paul Schimmel; Jana Ševčíková; Jiří Ševčík; Susan Sollins; Nancy Spector; Robert Storr; Harald Szeemann; Marcia Tucker; Barbara Vanderlinden; Igor Zabel; et al is a art available to read on EtoBox.

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A modern update of the Medieval trade manuals--the 'come-along-with-me' ( vade mecum ) of Medieval craftsmen-- Words of A Curator's Vade Mecum is an invaluable guidebook for anyone interested in contemporary art and the practice of curating. In over fifty short essays, this compendium offers advice to a new generation of curators from veterans of contemporary art exhibitions who, over the past 25 years, have played a crucial role in shaping what we see today, and how we see it. While providing an intimate look at the minds of these master curators, Words of Wisdom also establishes the curator's craft as an important vocation that has changed tremendously over the past quarter-century. In the course of their musings, the curators offer behind-the-scenes insights into influential exhibitions and institutions and the contemporary art world they represent. Among the contributors are Jean-Christophe Amman, director of the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany; Donna de Salvo, curator at the Tate Gallery, London; Richard Flood, chief curator at the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; independent curator Hans Ulrich Obrist; and Marcia Tucker, founding director of the New Museum of Contemp

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Author

Carin Kuoni; Marguerite Feitlowitz; Jean Christophe Ammann; Bart de Baere; Carlos Basualdo; René Block; Francesco Bonami; Saskia Bos; Sabine Breitwieser; Dan Cameron; Lynne Cooke; María de Corral; Bice Curiger; Donna M De Salvo; Steve Dietz; David Elliott; Trevor J Fairbrother; Jane Farver; Robert Fleck; Richard Flood; Dana Friis-Hansen; Gary Garrels; Thelma Golden; Hou Hanru; Yuko Hasegawa; Mária Hlavajová; Robert Hobbs; Mary Jane Jacob; Maaretta Jaukkuri; Milena Kalinovska; Vasif Kortun; Charlotta Kotik; Maria Lind; Lucy R Lippard; Bartomeu Marí; Jean-Hubert Martin; Rosa Martínez; Andrea Miller-Keller; Viktor Misiano; Gerardo Mosquera; Fumio Nanjo; Hans-Ulrich Obrist; Olu Oguibe; Apinan Poshyananda; Mary Carmen Ramirez; Lawrence Rinder; Mark Rosenthal; Irving Sandler; Jérôme Sans; Ingrid Schaffner; Paul Schimmel; Jana Ševčíková; Jiří Ševčík; Susan Sollins; Nancy Spector; Robert Storr; Harald Szeemann; Marcia Tucker; Barbara Vanderlinden; Igor Zabel; et al

Publisher

New York: Independent Curators International: Distributed worldwide by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780916365608

Category

art

Subjects

History, Art, Humanities

Rating

4.14 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14