LE MOIS DE LA PHOTO à MONTRÃAL 2011 CALL FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE 12TH PRESENTATION: GUEST CURATOR Deadline : AUGUST 17, 2009 :: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is launching its call for the Guest Curator for the 12th presentation of the international biennale of contemporary photography that will take place in September 2011 :: Every two years […]
Apologies for a late Pick ‘N Mix this month… but I had a great excuse. Like many others in the art world, the beginning of June involved being completely absorbed in the Venice Biennale. You can check out my photos from Venice here. – While we’re on the topic of Venice, the Wall Street Journal posted a short interview with […]
Freelance curators enjoy a degree of flexibility in their work, but are often also in precarious positions when working with large organisations. A clear example of the difficulties faced by curators working in a freelance capacity emerged last week when the Koffler Centre of the Arts in Toronto issued a statement saying they were “disassociating” from artist Reena Katz, that […]
Position: Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton Supervisor: Chief Curator Schedule: Full Time The Art Gallery of Hamilton is seeking a dynamic individual to join its talented programming staff as Curator of Contemporary Art. Reporting to the Chief Curator, this curatorial position is responsible for the production of contemporary exhibitions at the Gallery from concept to realization including […]
The McMaster Museum of Art (MMA) is a public, university-affiliated art museum, one amongst 40 such institutions in Canada. The MMA houses one of the best collections in a university-affiliate in Canada. The collection of approximately 8,000 works including pre-modern, modern and contemporary European and Canadian Art, is housed in a facility with museum standard environmental and security controls. The […]
Welcome to May’s Pick ‘N Mix: – An interesting ethical issue is raised by Regina Hackett in her great, new-ish blog, Another Bouncing Ball. In a post entitled “Curators who are loath to credit art dealers“, she outlines a few examples wherein collectors were acknowledged, but the dealers who helped to make an artist’s career weren’t. She asks: “Isn’t it […]
Gwangju Biennale – International Curator Course August 24 – September 20, 2009 Dead line for application: May 15, 2009 Sponsored by The Gwangju Biennale Foundation, The Metropolitan City of Gwangju Chaired by Yongwoo Lee Directed by Byungsoo Eun (Artistic Director, 2009 Gwangju Design Biennale) Massimiliano Gioni (Artistic Director, 2010 Gwangju Biennale) Visiting Professor: Barbara Vanderlinden The Gwangju Biennale Foundation sponsors […]