Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance

To stay relevant, art curators must keep up with the rapid pace of technological innovation as well as the aesthetic tastes of fickle critics and an ever-expanding circle of cultural arbiters.  Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance argues that, despite these daily pressures, good curating work also requires more theoretical attention. In this groundbreaking volume, a distinguished group of artists, curators, and writers probe the changing face of curating in dance, the visual arts, film, and writing. They explore cutting-edge developments in electronic art, art/science collaboration, non-gallery spaces, and “virtual” fields in this essential read for scholars, curators, and art enthusiasts alike.  “Changes in curatorial strategy require constant analysis. The mediation of culture is a contested territory. This book contains texts by some of the most dynamic and critical people writing on the subject today.”—Liam Gillick, artist and writer