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Being the catalogue from a major international symposium on curating contemporary art in public museums and galleries held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, from 10 to 12 November 2004. Curating Now, one of the most important events of its kind ever staged in Ireland, brought together ten leading international curators, who together represent a vast range of experience across all aspects of the curator’s role.

The speakers, from Europe, North and South America and Japan, gave illustrated presentations on their, often diverse, curatorial practice. Topics included programming, acquisitions and purchasing policies, as they relate to artists, arts practice and the audience for art. They also set out the context in which their institutions operate – nationally and internationally, and in terms of their relationships with other museums and galleries and general global trends.

The symposium was aimed at curators, artists, critics, arts administrators and students, and anyone interested in the subject of curating contemporary art.

Curating Now was chair by IMMA’s then Director, Enrique Juncosa. The speakers were:

Daniel Birnbaum, Director, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main,

Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel, London,

Paolo Colombo, Curator, MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle arti del XXI Secolo, Rome,

Douglas Fogle, Curator Visual Arts, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,

Rachael Thomas, Acting Senior Curator: Head of Exhibitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin,

Ivo Mesquita, Curator, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paolo,

Fumio Nanjo, Deputy Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo,

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Curator of Contemporary Art, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris,

Kevin Power, Deputy Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, and

James Rondeau, Curator for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago.

Brand new in original wrap. Can be posted for an extra €9 or collected from either Dundalk or Dublin City Centre

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