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A Curator's Bookshelf

A Curator's Bookshelf

In On Curating, Carolee Thea writes, "Among the major figures to have come of age in [today's] cultural milieu is the independent curator, whose importance can be compared to that of the literary critic's in the 1950s or the business consultant's in the 80s. Yet, aesthetically, curators are more like theater directors, and it could be argued that they follow a performance paradigm rather than one based on the object or commodity. We could say they are translators, movers or creators whose material is the work of others—but in any case, the role of mediator is inescapable. While the art critic embodies the generalized gaze of the public, the curator inversely translates the artist's work by providing a context to enable the public's understanding. The expanding geography of the art world, the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of artistic proposals, and the demands of various publics create a situation in which mediation plays an ever more crucial role in the exploration and dissemination of art."

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CURATING

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829556
USD $24.95
| CAD $33.95 UK £ 12.95

Pub Date: 10/1/2008
Active | In stock


A.C.I., ART CATALOGUE INDEX

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829532
USD $95.00
| CAD $127.5 UK £ 55

Pub Date: 8/31/2009
Active | In stock


ABY WARBURG: BILDERATLAS MNEMOSYNE

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746939
USD $230.00
| CAD $325

Pub Date: 5/26/2020
Active | Out of stock


ART LIFE: SELECTED WRITINGS 1991-2005

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780974364827
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 8/15/2005
Active | In stock


ARTIST, AUTHORSHIP & LEGACY: A READER

Ridinghouse

ISBN: 9781909932456
USD $29.95
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | In stock


COMPOSING THE SPACE: SCULPTURES IN THE AVANT-GARDE

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960986591
USD $49.95
| CAD $69.95

Pub Date: 4/21/2020
Active | Out of stock


CONCEPTUAL ART IN A CURATORIAL PERSPECTIVE

Valiz/vis-à-vis

ISBN: 9789078088769
USD $30.00
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Active | In stock


CONSERVATION: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878467297
USD $22.50
| CAD $31 UK £ 20

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Active | In stock


COPY THIS BOOK

Onomatopee

ISBN: 9789491677939
USD $20.00
| CAD $29.95

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Active | Out of stock


CURATING RESEARCH

Open Editions/De Appel

ISBN: 9780949004031
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 2/24/2015
Active | In stock


ENTREPRECARIAT

Onomatopee Projects

ISBN: 9789493148161
USD $20.00
| CAD $28

Pub Date: 9/8/2020
Active | In stock


FAIRLAND: EXPLORATIONS, INSIGHTS AND OUTLOOKS ON THE FUTURE OF ART FAIRS

Koenig Books

ISBN: 9783863355494
USD $19.95
| CAD $27.95

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Active | In stock


FRIEDRICH VON BORRIES: POLITICS OF DESIGN, DESIGN OF POLITICS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960984672
USD $30.00
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Forthcoming


HARALD SZEEMANN

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829099
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 14

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Active | Out of stock


IN THE SHADOW OF THE ART WORK

Valiz

ISBN: 9789492095664
USD $30.00
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Active | In stock


JOANNA DREW AND THE ART OF EXHIBITIONS

Skira

ISBN: 9788857239521
USD $45.00
| CAD $62

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | In stock


LINCOLN KIRSTEIN'S MODERN

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450820
USD $55.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Active | In stock


LOOKING WRITING READING LOOKING

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

ISBN: 9788793659216
USD $30.00
| CAD $42 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 1/21/2020
Active | In stock


MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037643839
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95 UK £ 16

Pub Date: 2/24/2015
Active | In stock


NO INTERNET, NO ART

Onomatopee

ISBN: 9789491677960
USD $30.00
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Active | In stock


ON CURATING II

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

ISBN: 9781938922909
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 3/22/2016
Active | In stock


ON CURATING: INTERVIEWS WITH TEN INTERNATIONAL CURATORS

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

ISBN: 9781935202004
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 1/31/2010
Active | In stock


PICTURES, PATENTS, MONKEYS, AND MORE…ON COLLECTING

Independent Curators International (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365592
USD $21.95
| CAD $30.5 UK £ 19.5

Pub Date: 2/2/2001
Active | Out of stock


POROCITY

Nai010 Publishers

ISBN: 9789462084599
USD $45.00
| CAD $62

Pub Date: 3/19/2019
Active | In stock


PRACTISING ART INTERNATIONALLY

Valiz/Casco

ISBN: 9789492095619
USD $24.95
| CAD $34.95

Pub Date: 6/24/2025
Forthcoming


ROME: ETERNAL CITY

Skira

ISBN: 9788857239194
USD $45.00
| CAD $62

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | In stock


SEEN, WRITTEN

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9780980024296
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 3/31/2011
Active | In stock


SHOW TIME: THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

ISBN: 9781938922336
USD $24.95
| CAD $33.95

Pub Date: 3/31/2014
Active | In stock


THE FUTURE OF THE NEW

Valiz/Antennae

ISBN: 9789492095589
USD $28.95
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 1/22/2019
Active | In stock


THE FUTURE OF THE NEW

Valiz/Antennae

ISBN: 9789492095589
USD $28.95
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 1/22/2019
Active | In stock


THE LEGACY OF TRANSGRESSIVE OBJECTS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783941360648
USD $29.95
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 5/21/2019
Active | In stock


THINKING IN THIN AIR

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037786246
USD $35.00
| CAD $52.5

Pub Date: 3/24/2020
Active | In stock


TRIPLE BOND

Valiz/Antennae Series

ISBN: 9789078088493
USD $27.50
| CAD $37.5

Pub Date: 5/23/2017
Active | Out of stock


VERTIGO: OP ART AND A HISTORY OF DECEPTION 1520 TO 1970

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960986089
USD $39.95
| CAD $55.95

Pub Date: 1/21/2020
Active | In stock


WHEN FACT IS FICTION

Valiz

ISBN: 9789492095718
USD $27.50
| CAD $38.5

Pub Date: 4/28/2020
Active | In stock


WHERE THE FUTURE CAME FROM

Soberscove Press

ISBN: 9781940190242
USD $25.00
| CAD $35 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 5/19/2020
Active | In stock


WHITEWALLING: ART, RACE & PROTEST IN 3 ACTS

Badlands Unlimited

ISBN: 9781943263141
USD $19.99
| CAD $27.95

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
Active | In stock


WORLD ART STUDIES

Valiz

ISBN: 9789078088226
USD $39.95
| CAD $53.95

Pub Date: 10/1/2008
Active | In stock


WRITINGS ON ART 1980–2005

HENI Publishing

ISBN: 9781912122288
USD $45.00
| CAD $62

Pub Date: 11/24/2020
Active | In stock


YOU, ME AND ART

Skira Paris

ISBN: 9788857238326
USD $55.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | In stock


Recommended Reading: A Museum & Curatorial Studies Book List

An Artbook Curated Library for those who curate--exhibitions, books, performances--featuring books on curating, exhibition trends, museum studies, biennials, legendary figures in the field, and more. Essential reading for museum studies.

FORTHCOMING

Practising Art Internationally

Edited with text by Binna Choi, Lisa Rosendahl, Grant Watson, Andrea Phillips. Text by Sara Ahmed, Rustom Bharucha, Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann, Matthijs de Bruijne, Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar, Leela Gandhi, Johanna Gustavsson, Christian Nyampeta, Park Chan-kyong.

Practising Art Internationally aims to detach the notion of international art practice from a rhetoric of globalization and an exclusive focus on the contemporary. It traces a new genealogy of trans-local practices and methods, presenting the visual arts as part of a longer history of contact between individuals motivated by shared struggles, friendship and solidarity.

The publication explores what it means to practice internationally” in a series of case studies: an artists’ assembly from the 1990s organized against an art fair, an artist’s alliance with migrant workers, a class-based critique within international feminism, transcultural ways of life developed in the LGBTQ . . . .go to book page >>

Practising Art Internationally

STATUS: Forthcoming | 6/24/2025

This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com

Practising Art Internationally
VALIZ/CASCO
ISBN  9789492095619

Pbk, 6.25 x 8.25 in. / 192 pgs / 20 color / 100 bw. | 6/24/2025 | Awaiting stock  |   US $24.95


FORTHCOMING

Friedrich von Borries: Politics of Design, Design of Politics

Edited by Angelika Nollert. Text by Moritz Ahlert, Jens-Uwe Fischer, Benjamin Kasten, Anne Levy, Ingo Offermanns, Wilma Renfordt.

Asserting that design sexualizes”, design colonizes” and design manipulates,” Berlin-based architect, curator and professor of design theory Friedrich von Borries (born 1974) casts a new perspective on Cola advertisements, Sony Walkmans and the Le Corbusier chaise longue. Using the example of state receptions, electoral procedures and medal presentations, von Borries poses the question of whether political proceedings and forms of representation should be redesigned.
A concluding glossary lists terms such as responsibility”, self-realization”, products” and market” to suggest the areas designers and architects must act in today if they wish to design with political responsibility. Von Borries is the author of . . . .go to book page >>

Friedrich von Borries: Politics of Design, Design of Politics

STATUS: Forthcoming | 9/17/2019

This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com

Friedrich von Borries: Politics of Design, Design of Politics
WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN  9783960984672

Pbk, 9.5 x 13.5 in. / 160 pgs / 80 color / 80 bw. | 9/17/2019 | Awaiting stock  |   US $30.00


A Curator's Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

A Brief History of Curating
A Brief History of Curating
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783905829556

Paperback, 6 x 8 in. / 200 pgs. | 10/1/2008 | In stock  |   US $24.95


A.C.I., Art Catalogue Index
A.C.I., Art Catalogue Index
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783905829532

Hbk, 4.75 x 9.75 in. / 512 pgs. | 8/31/2009 | In stock  |   US $95.00


Art Life: Selected Writings 1991-2005
Art Life: Selected Writings 1991-2005
GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.
ISBN  9780974364827

Paperback, 7 x 9 in. / 160 pgs / 85 color. | 8/15/2005 | In stock  |   US $25.00


Artist, Authorship & Legacy: A Reader
Artist, Authorship & Legacy: A Reader
RIDINGHOUSE
ISBN  9781909932456

Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 324 pgs. | 2/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $29.95


Conceptual Art in a Curatorial Perspective
Conceptual Art in a Curatorial Perspective
VALIZ/VIS-à-VIS
ISBN  9789078088769

Pbk, 6.25 x 8.25 in. / 240 pgs / 50 bw. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Conservation: MFA Highlights
Conservation: MFA Highlights
MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
ISBN  9780878467297

Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 200 pgs / 150 color / 20 bw. | 10/31/2011 | In stock  |   US $22.50


Curating Research
Curating Research
OPEN EDITIONS/DE APPEL
ISBN  9780949004031

Pbk, 5 x 8.5 in. / 264 pgs. | 2/24/2015 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Entreprecariat
Entreprecariat
ONOMATOPEE PROJECTS
ISBN  9789493148161

Pbk, 4.25 x 6.75 in. / 260 pgs / 68 color / 5 bw. | 9/8/2020 | In stock  |   US $20.00


Fairland: Explorations, Insights and Outlooks on the Future of Art Fairs
Fairland: Explorations, Insights and Outlooks on the Future of Art Fairs
KOENIG BOOKS
ISBN  9783863355494

Pbk, 7.5 x 4 in. / 180 pgs / 29 color / 27 bw. | 6/23/2015 | In stock  |   US $19.95


In the Shadow of the Art Work
In the Shadow of the Art Work
VALIZ
ISBN  9789492095664

Pbk, 6.25 x 9 in. / 304 pgs / 250 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Joanna Drew and the Art of Exhibitions
Joanna Drew and the Art of Exhibitions
SKIRA
ISBN  9788857239521

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 224 pgs / 80 color. | 2/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $45.00


Lincoln Kirstein's Modern
Lincoln Kirstein's Modern
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN  9781633450820

Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 200 pgs / 205 color. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $55.00


Looking Writing Reading Looking
Looking Writing Reading Looking
LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
ISBN  9788793659216

Hbk, 6.75 x 9.75 in. / 188 pgs / 40 color / 5 bw. | 1/21/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Museum of the Future
Museum of the Future
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783037643839

Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 240 pgs / 31 bw. | 2/24/2015 | In stock  |   US $29.95


No Internet, No Art
No Internet, No Art
ONOMATOPEE
ISBN  9789491677960

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 416 pgs / 88 color / 107 bw. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00


On Curating II
On Curating II
D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS
ISBN  9781938922909

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 136 pgs / 84 color / 4 bw. | 3/22/2016 | In stock  |   US $29.95


On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators
On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators
D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS
ISBN  9781935202004

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 144 pgs / 50 color. | 1/31/2010 | In stock  |   US $29.95


Porocity
Porocity
NAI010 PUBLISHERS
ISBN  9789462084599

Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 300 pgs / 300 color. | 3/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $45.00


Rome: Eternal City
Rome: Eternal City
SKIRA
ISBN  9788857239194

Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 248 pgs / 150 color / 50 bw. | 2/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $45.00


Seen, Written
Seen, Written
GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.
ISBN  9780980024296

Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 220 pgs. | 3/31/2011 | In stock  |   US $25.00


Show Time: The 50 Most Influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art
Show Time: The 50 Most Influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art
D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS
ISBN  9781938922336

Hbk, 8 x 10.25 in. / 256 pgs / 187 color / 15 bw. | 3/31/2014 | In stock  |   US $24.95


The Future of the New
The Future of the New
VALIZ/ANTENNAE
ISBN  9789492095589

Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 304 pgs. | 1/22/2019 | In stock  |   US $28.95


The Future of the New
The Future of the New
VALIZ/ANTENNAE
ISBN  9789492095589

Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 304 pgs. | 1/22/2019 | In stock  |   US $28.95


The Legacy of Transgressive Objects
The Legacy of Transgressive Objects
WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN  9783941360648

Pbk, 5 x 7 in. / 180 pgs. | 5/21/2019 | In stock  |   US $29.95


Thinking in Thin Air
Thinking in Thin Air
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS
ISBN  9783037786246

Pbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 312 pgs / 80 color. | 3/24/2020 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Vertigo: Op Art and a History of Deception 1520 to 1970
Vertigo: Op Art and a History of Deception 1520 to 1970
WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN  9783960986089

Hbk, 8 x 11.25 in. / 208 pgs / 170 color. | 1/21/2020 | In stock  |   US $39.95


When Fact Is Fiction
When Fact Is Fiction
VALIZ
ISBN  9789492095718

Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 224 pgs / 15 bw. | 4/28/2020 | In stock  |   US $27.50


Where the Future Came From
Where the Future Came From
SOBERSCOVE PRESS
ISBN  9781940190242

Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 240 pgs / 15 bw. | 5/19/2020 | In stock  |   US $25.00


Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts
Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts
BADLANDS UNLIMITED
ISBN  9781943263141

Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 160 pgs. | 5/22/2018 | In stock  |   US $19.99


World Art Studies
World Art Studies
VALIZ
ISBN  9789078088226

Paperback, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 464 pgs / 42 bw. | 10/1/2008 | In stock  |   US $39.95


Writings on Art 1980–2005
Writings on Art 1980–2005
HENI PUBLISHING
ISBN  9781912122288

Hbk, 6 x 9.5 in. / 672 pgs / 161 color. | 11/24/2020 | In stock  |   US $45.00


You, Me and Art
You, Me and Art
SKIRA PARIS
ISBN  9788857238326

Hbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 300 pgs / 100 color. | 2/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $55.00