ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CURATOR
From Latin: one who cares, from cūrāre to care for, from cūra care.
9 QUOTES WITH «CURATOR»
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curator.
The privilege I've had as a curator is not just the discovery of new works... but what I've discovered about myself and what I can offer in the space of an exhibition - to talk about beauty, to talk about power, to talk about ourselves, and to talk and speak to each other.
The day I decided I didn't want to be a 19th-Century European curator, I knew I would never have the experience of people coming and going 'ooh' and 'aah,' the way they do around the Monets. It just doesn't happen.
The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
My mum was a dancer when she was a kid. Then my parents met and eventually had an art gallery; my dad taught himself how to frame pictures, and then he was a curator at an art gallery in the city I'm from. I'm an only child.
The 21st-century curator works in a supremely globalised reality.
I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that's partly my job this time around.
I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.
I'm happy to be content-maker as well as curator, so I'm happy to also be a presenter for amazing things.
Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURATOR»
Discover the use of
curator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
curator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Frontinus and the Curae of the
Curator Aquarum
The book is more likely what we would call a political pamphlet, explaining a particular administrative reform, and encouraging those affected by that reform to cooperate with it.
2
Confessions of a
Curator: Adventures in Canadian Art
In this witty and compelling defence of the art field itself, Joan Murray, one of the country's most outspoken art historians, discusses the great figures of Canadian art and the rise of our national are in institutions such as the Art ...
3
Curating immateriality: the work of the
curator in the age ...
The title poem—about a group of schoolchildren illustrating Shelley's "Ode to a Skylark"—ends with the following assertion: "these are the only / lessons they will ever need to learn: that life / is not artifact, but aperture—a ...
5
Introduction to Museum Work
The distinction between the term director and the term curator is that the former
means the administrative head of an organization, and the latter refers to a
person who is in charge of a museum collection, or by extension, a museum
department ...
George Ellis Burcaw,
1997
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A Key to the Louvre: Memoirs of a
Curator
The autobiography of Michel Laclotte reflects upon his life at the forefront of French cultural life as the chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Musée du Louvre, as well as heading the team that created the Musée d'Orsay.
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Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. ...
It has been our pleasure to work with the following colleagues at the Amon Carter
Museum: Ruth Carter Stevenson, President; Patrick Stewart, Director; Jane Myers
, Chief Curator; Patricia Junker, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture; Wendy ...
Sanford Robinson Gifford, Kevin J. Avery, Franklin Kelly,
2003
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Curator's Quest: Building the Collection of Painting and ...
The author discusses his tenure as head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a time during which he acquired hey masterpieces for the collection and put on such stunning exhibitions as Picasso ...
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A Place That Matters Yet: John Gubbins's MuseumAfrica in the ...
Committee,” 7 February 1980 (on physiotherapy); EBN, ”Curator's Report to the
Africana Museum Advisory Committee,” 4 November 1982 (on the South African
Red Cross); EBN, "Curator's Report to the Africana Museum Advisory Committee,
” ...
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American Porcelain, 1770-1920
Céramique at Sevres; Laurens d'Albis; Bert Denker, Decorative Arts
Photographic Collection, The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; Ulysses
G. Dietz, Curator of Decorative Arts, The Newark Museum; Martin Eidelberg; Paul
Evans; ...
Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen,
1989
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURATOR»
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curator is used in the context of the following news items.
Samuel Leuenberger Tapped as New Curator for Parcours Section …
Art Basel has named independent Swiss curator Samuel Leuenberger as the curator of its Parcours section, which is devoted to site-specific ... «ARTnews, Jul 15»
Is Your Financial Advisor a Good Curator?
To help decide on the most appropriate investments, your advisor should ask about your financial goals, station in life, expected expenses, ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
Wetumpka council approves curator positions
Monday night council members approved curator positions for the Elmore County Museum and the Elmore County Black History Museum. «Wetumpka Herald, Jul 15»
The Curious Curator – Shall We Dance?
Have you ever heard of a “calico dance?” What is calico? And what is a “calico dance?” Calico is a type of printed fabric, usually cotton, used ... «Positively Naperville, Jul 15»
MoMA Curator Pedro Gadanho Named Artistic Director of Lisbon's …
Architect and writer Pedro Gadanho will be leaving his position as curator in MoMA's department of architecture and design, reports Archinect's ... «Artforum, Jul 15»
Interview With the Curator of Art Basel's 'Unlimited' Sector (VIDEO)
In this video, the curator of Art Basel's Unlimited sector, Gianni Jetzer, talks about what is so special this exhibition platform, what steps it takes ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Pedro Gadanho leaves MoMA to become first artistic director of …
Gadanho is leaving his post as a curator in MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, which he's held since 2012 – a relatively quick departure for such a ... «Archinect, Jul 15»
Coffee With The Curator: Continuing The Conversation On …
"Coffee with the Curator" will take place from 10:30-11:30 a.m. July 9 at the Greenwich Historical Society, 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. «The Daily Voice, Jul 15»
Cardiff pitch will be pace friendly: curator
The Sophia Gardens curator is hoping he's set the stage for another thrilling Ashes opener, but with a bit more on offer for pacemen than 2009. «ninemsn, Jul 15»
Q&A: Jana Scholze, Curator of Contemporary Furniture at the …
(Left to right) A Voltage Haute Couture and Iris Van Herpen dress from 2013, a crown from 1750 made of diamonds, emeralds and rubies set ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jul 15»