HOW INSTITUTIONS THINK

Contemporary art and curatorial work, and the institutions that house them, have often been centers of power, hierarchy, control, va lue, and discipline. Even the most progressive among them face the dilemma of existing as institutionalized anti-institutions. This anthologytaking its title from Mary Douglass 1986 book, How Institutions Thinkreconsiders the practices, habits, models, and rhet oric of the institution and the anti-institution in contemporary art and curating. Contributors reflect upon how institutions inform art, curato...[Llegir més]