HART407 Curatorship and Art Historiography 3cr

art, archaeology, anthropology, science, and/or

classics enable curators to perform their

broad-ranging, multifaceted jobs as

specialists/scholars, conservators & managers &

archivists of material & digital museum

collections, monitors of archeological work &

contract, connoisseurs of artworks and cultural

products, interpreters of cultural (& natural)

heritage, producers and designers of actual &

virtual exhibitions, organizers of symposia,

authors / editors / publishers of scholarly and

popular catalogs / books / websites, and

ambassadors of cultures. Some even regard

curating as a medium of artistic practice. Very

often, curators’ work is interactively engaging

and entangled with the important sociopolitical,

and ethical & legal issues of our society,

inviting experts and the public with different

perspectives to participate the dynamic culture

of curating and to scrutinize, debate, and

reflect on our views, actions, and policies. The

roles of curators evolve alongside the evolving

scholarship, the changing technology, and the

roles of museums. This seminar is to discuss the

interrelationships between curatorship and art

historiography.

Prerequisites: HART 100 and any 200 or 300 level HART course.

Seminar

Instructor’s Discretion