The first clearly and effectively traces the rise of curators as bestowers of value in the artworld (and elegantly glosses struggles for the control of value — between critics, dealers, artists and curators — along the way), up to the point at which curating's deskilling and populism means that everyone can do it and inherently contradicts the discipline's quest to professionalise itself via academic courses and qualifications. (artreview.com)
The nation became its own unifying symbol system, the chief bestower of identity and purpose.» (religion-online.org)
Why not make the wisest bestower of knowledge in the universe to our heroes in the particular film a woman instead of a man? (inverse.com)