“In theory now you could curate a whole Venice Biennale using only the Internet,” said Francesco Bonami, senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. This quote comes from a larger article that recently appeared in the New York Times. The article takes a solid look at how pressures to find the “next big thing” leads curators to […]

Recently, I spotted a CNN story about the Louvre “inviting slam poets in to rap about paintings”. In what was surely conceived as a PR-double whammy (bring in a celebrity, create a programme that appeals to youth/urban hipsters), Toni Morrison has been invited to be a guest curator this month. The American Nobel laureate has helped the Louvre conceive a […]

While the Pompidou tries to entice a younger generation by offering wireless internet, the hip and flashy (and, based on the rumblings of folk I know in Paris – sometimes hated) Palais de Tokyo has turned to old media to further its reach to audiences. “France has changed, the world has changed, and we have to adapt,” says Bruno Racine, […]

Curator Alissa Firth-Eagland seeks an energetic artist/designer/writer/curator/troublemaker/troubleshooter interested in developing promotional and aesthetic strategies for the cultural activities of Sleepwalker Projects (Toronto, Canada). An experimental window space on Queen Street in the West end of Toronto, Canada, Sleepwalker Projects presents newly commissioned works to the evening public. Connecting international artists with Toronto writers, partners, and late-night wanderers from dusk to […]