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The Curator's Handbook

Adrian George (Author)

Sumin Moon (Translator)

2016. 5. 16. 410 pages 135x210 mm Softcover 9788970598536 KRW 25,000

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A step-by-step guide to every aspect of putting on an art exhibition, with tips from a range of influential curators.

The Curator’s Handbook is the essential handbook for curators and curatorial students, mapping every stage of the process of putting on an exhibition, no matter how traditional the venue, from initial idea to final installation.

An introduction explores curatorial work from its origins in the seventeenth century onward and outlines the various roles of the curator today. Twelve chapters then trace the various stages of the exhibition process in clear, informative language and using helpful diagrams and tables, from developing the concept to writing contracts and loan requests; putting together budgets and schedules; producing exhibition catalogues and interpretation materials; designing gallery spaces; working with artists, lenders, and art handlers; organizing private views; and documenting and evaluating a show.

With advice and tips from a cast of international museum directors and curators―including Daniel Birnbaum (Moderna Museet, Stockholm); Aric Chen (M+, Hong Kong); Elizabeth Macgregor (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney); Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Gallery, London); Gao Peng (Today Art Museum, Beijing); Jennifer Russell (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York); and Nicholas Serota (Tate, London)―this volume is a crucial guide for anyone involved in, or studying, the dynamic field of curation.

Adrian George

Adrian George is Deputy Director and Senior Curator at the UK Government Art Collection. She leads a department responsible for publication projects ranging from education, commentary and public programs to professional art events, and lectures on curating and contemporary art commissioning. She has commissioned site-specific works in Belgium, the Philippines, Qatar, Spain, the UK, and Yemen, and has curated exhibitions in Hong Kong, Dublin, London, Skopje, New York, and Taipei. He has held curatorial positions at Tate Liverpool, Tate Modern, and the New Museum.

Sumin Moon

She majored in Art Studies at Hongik University and, after completing the translation program at Geulbab Academy, has been working as a professional translator with Barun Translation. Her translated works include Starting a Designer Brand, Drawing Faces and Hands, Risk Judgment, Things Reunited with at Life’s End, Harsh Advice, The Road to Maui Island, One-Minute Negotiation Lesson, Chocolate Chocolate, Warren Buffett’s Great Legacy, Why Do Odd People Get Promoted at Companies?, A Book to Read Whenever You’re Daunted by Interviews, and Kinfolk, among others.

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