Curationism - How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else

A trenchant criticism of our fickle culture, where everyone is now a curator in art, business and everyday life.

About the author

David Balzer is a writer, lawyer, editor, and educator. He is the author of Contrivances (2012), Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else (2014), and This is Not New: Art, Culture, and the Promise of Change (2025). His critical writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, The Guardian, Artforum, and Frieze. He lives in Canada.

Summary

A criticism of the saturation of the 'curator' in art, business and everyday life

Product details

• Authors: David Balzer, Balzer David
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.04.2015
• EAN: 9780745335971
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3597-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Conservation, restoration & care of artworks, ART / Conservation & Preservation, ART / Museum Studies, ART / Business Aspects, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Art: Financial Aspects, Conservation, restoration and care of artworks