Meaning of curatoriat | Babel Free

Definitions

Art experts, as a group; the elite members of the art world who determine what is considered great or important art.

Examples

“That curatoriat is an institutionally powerful group, and it is for it that a lot of art tends to get made.”

“The curatoriat chooses something, points to it and in a convincing manner says: This is great art. Great art is exemplified and canonized. Art becomes exemplary because the curatoriat often displays it as an example when an artistic form or trend requires documentation.”

“Both their standing as artists and their access to the funding they need to produce their work depend on their maintaining credibility with the curatoriat.”

“The curatoriat in general, especially perhaps in Britain, have a deep hostility to anything that seems too popular.”

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