Andrew Brighton and Teresa Gleadowe have put together a five week seminar series for London Consortium students on Curating Modern and Contemporary Art

These will be held on Wednesdays (10am -12pm) on the following dates:

13 January - The Objects of Curation: Art and its Markets /Curating Contemporary Art since the 1960s

20 January - Some current texts

27 January - Hanging Tate Modern

3 February - Artists, Galleries and Curators

10 February - Curating Contemporary Art

The series will focus on a number of issues, addressing questions such as: How do curators decide what to exhibit and collect? What considerations guide the collection and display of works of art in museums of modern and contemporary art? What factors shape the exhibition programmes of galleries of contemporary art? What are the considerations? Are they, for instance, aesthetic or historical or to be answered by audience research? And in practice what are the constraints and obligations at stake in a publicly funded museum or contemporary art gallery? How do visitors, artists, the art market and the media figure in curators’ discussions? Are some forms of art and visual practice beyond the museum curator’s consideration?

Click here for further information about speakers and where each session is being held. Enquiries can be directed to Steve Connor: s.connor@bbk.ac.uk.