As a curator reminded me, museums receive the vast majority of the pieces in their collections through donation.
Not exact matches
«With the 25th anniversary of Robert Mapplethorpe's exhibition, we wanted to revisit the past
as it is the basis of history; it
reminds us of where we come from and who we have become,» says FotoFocus Artistic Director and
Curator, Kevin Moore.
According to Katharina Manchada, the
curator of the museum exhibition, it was important to show these recent paintings to contextualize Kusama
as a contemporary artist «to
remind people that she remains extremely vital
as an artist working today, in addition to being a historical figure.»
Of course,
as Interim
Curator Andrea Mellard
reminded me, «Museum exhibitions are planned years in advance.
The medial gap between the two panels of this piece — a couple of inches of white wall (
curators decide how wide)--
reminded me
as well of two - part Rauschenberg works.
The
curators of We Wanted a Revolution, the museum's astute Catherine Morris and the rising star Rujeko Hockley (who is now at the Whitney),
reminded us that black women were at the front lines of second - wave feminism —
as artists, activists, writers, and gallerists — in a show that was
as vibrantly beautiful (notably the paintings of Emma Amos, Dindga McCannon, Faith Ringgold, and Howardena Pindell)
as it was edifying.
«This exhibition
reminds us that with artists such
as these, and
curators of insight, there is always scope for new discoveries and fascinating revelations.»
AF This
reminds me of when,
as one of the
curators of a Whitney Biennial, you spoke about wanting to highlight abstraction.