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Ways of Curating Ways of Curating (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as curating)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,561 ratings — published 2014
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A Brief History of Curating A Brief History of Curating (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as curating)
avg rating 3.92 — 404 ratings — published 2008
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The Curator's Handbook The Curator's Handbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as curating)
avg rating 4.21 — 170 ratings — published 2015
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Thinking Contemporary Curating Thinking Contemporary Curating (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as curating)
avg rating 3.73 — 101 ratings — published 2012
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Curating*: *But Were Afraid to Ask (Sternberg Press) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Curating*: *But Were Afraid to Ask (Sternberg Press)
by (shelved 6 times as curating)
avg rating 3.67 — 131 ratings — published 2011
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The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Cultures The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Cultures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as curating)
avg rating 3.58 — 69 ratings — published 2012
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Curating Subjects Curating Subjects (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as curating)
avg rating 3.84 — 19 ratings — published 2007
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Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else (Exploded VIews) Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else (Exploded VIews)
by (shelved 4 times as curating)
avg rating 3.59 — 375 ratings — published 2014
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A Companion to Museum Studies (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies) A Companion to Museum Studies (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies)
by (shelved 4 times as curating)
avg rating 4.00 — 95 ratings — published 2005
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Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011 Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as curating)
avg rating 4.11 — 123 ratings — published 2012
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Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as curating)
avg rating 4.16 — 640 ratings — published 2012
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What Makes a Great Exhibition? What Makes a Great Exhibition? (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as curating)
avg rating 3.59 — 76 ratings — published 2007
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Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as curating)
avg rating 3.96 — 646 ratings — published 1985
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Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 4.03 — 266 ratings — published 1996
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Situation (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art) Situation (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 3.60 — 45 ratings — published 2009
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Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 4.06 — 175 ratings — published
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The Participatory Museum The Participatory Museum (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 4.19 — 562 ratings — published 2010
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On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators: By Carolee Thea On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators: By Carolee Thea (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 3.62 — 34 ratings — published 2009
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Radical museology Radical museology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 4.08 — 291 ratings — published 2013
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One Place after Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity (Mit Press) One Place after Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity (Mit Press)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 4.12 — 406 ratings — published 2002
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Participation Participation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 3.95 — 359 ratings — published 2006
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Relational Aesthetics Relational Aesthetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,280 ratings — published 1998
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Seven Days in the Art World Seven Days in the Art World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as curating)
avg rating 3.61 — 72,865 ratings — published 2008
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The Curatorial: A Philosophy of Curating The Curatorial: A Philosophy of Curating (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 2013
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Radicalizing Care: Feminist and Queer Activism in Curating Radicalizing Care: Feminist and Queer Activism in Curating (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published
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Curating as Anti-Racist Practice Curating as Anti-Racist Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2017
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Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.69 — 16 ratings — published 2007
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How to Write About Contemporary Art How to Write About Contemporary Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.14 — 594 ratings — published 2014
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The Curator's Egg: The Evolution of the Museum Concept from the French Revolution to the Present Day The Curator's Egg: The Evolution of the Museum Concept from the French Revolution to the Present Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.72 — 103 ratings — published 2005
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,404 ratings — published 1967
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Failure Failure (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.99 — 89 ratings — published 2010
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The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.63 — 19 ratings — published 1998
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Curating and the Educational Turn (Occasional Table Critical) Curating and the Educational Turn (Occasional Table Critical)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.79 — 24 ratings — published 2010
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Institutional Critique: An Anthology of Artists' Writings Institutional Critique: An Anthology of Artists' Writings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.39 — 23 ratings — published 2009
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Thinking About Exhibitions Thinking About Exhibitions (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.90 — 58 ratings — published 1996
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Exhibition (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art) Exhibition (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.00 — 22 ratings — published 2014
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Education for Socially Engaged Art Education for Socially Engaged Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.14 — 236 ratings — published 2011
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Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.85 — 142 ratings — published 2009
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Ten Fundamental Questions of Curating Ten Fundamental Questions of Curating (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.68 — 19 ratings — published 2013
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Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.90 — 10 ratings — published 2004
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Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.01 — 143 ratings — published 2004
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Curating New Media (B.Read) Curating New Media (B.Read)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 2002
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Cautionary Tales: Critical Curating Cautionary Tales: Critical Curating (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.32 — 22 ratings — published 2007
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Raising Frankenstein: Curatorial Education and its Discontents Raising Frankenstein: Curatorial Education and its Discontents (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published 2011
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Hans Ulrich Obrist & Olafur Eliasson: Experiment Marathon Hans Ulrich Obrist & Olafur Eliasson: Experiment Marathon (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 2009
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Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media (Leonardo Books) Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media (Leonardo Books)
by (shelved 2 times as curating)
avg rating 4.10 — 31 ratings — published 2010
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Hans Ulrich Obrist & Zaha Hadid: The Conversation Series: Vol. 8 Hans Ulrich Obrist & Zaha Hadid: The Conversation Series: Vol. 8 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as curating)
avg rating 3.81 — 21 ratings — published 2008
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How to Write Art History How to Write Art History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as curating)
avg rating 3.73 — 162 ratings — published 2006
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Ulises Carrión: Personal Worlds Or Cultural Strategies Ulises Carrión: Personal Worlds Or Cultural Strategies (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as curating)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2003
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The Art of Relevance The Art of Relevance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as curating)
avg rating 4.05 — 718 ratings — published 2016
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James Gleick
“Five years ago the Library of Congress began a project that collects every utterance on Twitter, in the name of preserving the nation’s digital heritage. That is billions weekly, sucked up for storage in secure tape archives, and the Library has yet to figure out how to make any of it available to researchers. Divorced from a human curator, the unfiltered mass of Twitter may as well be a garbage heap ["What Libraries Can (Still) Do," The New York Review Daily, October 26, 2015].”
James Gleick

Hans Ulrich Obrist
“I have always believed that it is the artist who creates a work, but a society that turns it into a work of art. - Johannes Cladders”
Hans Ulrich Obrist, A Brief History of Curating

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