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The definitive reference text on curation both inside and outside the museumA Companion to Curation is the first collection of its kind, assembling the knowledge and experience of prominent curators, artists, art historians, scholars, and theorists in one comprehensive volume. Part of the Blackwell Companion series, this much-needed book provides up-to-date information and valuable insights on the field of curatorial studies and curation in the visual arts. Accessible and engaging chapters cover diverse, contemporary methods of curation, its origin and history, current and emerging approaches within the profession, and more.This timely publication fills a significant gap in literature on the role of the curator, the art and science of curating, and the historical arc of the field from the 17th century to the present. The Companion explores topics such as global developments in contemporary indigenous art, Asian and Chinese art since the 1980s, feminist and queer feminist curatorial practices, and new curatorial strategies beyond the museum. This unique volume: Offers readers a wide range of perspectives on curating in both theory and practiceIncludes coverage of curation outside of the Eurocentric and Anglosphere art worldsPresents clear and comprehensible information valuable for specialists and novices alikeDiscusses the movements, models, people and politics of curatingProvides guidance on curating in a globalized worldBroad in scope and detailed in content, A Companion to Curation is an essential text for professionals engaged in varied forms of curation, teachers and students of museum studies, and readers interested in the workings of the art world, museums, benefactors, and curators.

Who Runs the Artworld: Money, Power and Ethics examines the economics and mythologies of today’s globalartworld. It unmasks the complex web of relationships that now exist among high-profilecurators, collectors, museum trustees and corporate sponsors, and the historicand ongoing complicity between the art and money markets.The bookexamines alternative models being deployed by curators and artists influencedby the 2008 global financial crisisand the international socio-political Occupy movement, with a particular focuson a renewed activism by artists. This activism is coupled with aninstitutional and social critique led by groups such as Liberate Tate, thePrecarious Workers Brigade and Strike Debt.Who Runs the Artworld: Money, Power and Ethics brings together a diverse range of thinkers who draw on thedisciplines of art theory, social sciences and cultural economics, andcuratorship and the lived experience of artists. The contributors to this bookare, in their respective contexts, working at the forefront of these compellingissues.