WAYS OF CURATING

In short, accessible chapters, Obrist traces the history of curation, from the 19th. century wunderkammer to the twenty-first centur y. There are biographical sketches of a panoply of artists and thinkers, including figures as diverse as Sergei Diaghilev, Robert Wa lser, and Lucy Lippard. Obrist describes his own trajectory and his idea of the curator as a facilitator between artists and audienc es, leading him to discuss his collaborations with modern art luminaries such as Christian Boltanski, Rem Koolhaas, Cy Twombly, Rich ter, Fél...[Read more]