© Maurice Jarnoux - André Malraux in his studio, 1950
Curatorial · Editorial
Exhibitions and publications are primary vehicles through which collections are interpreted, artists' careers are advanced, and institutional relationships are built. This practice approaches both as intellectual and strategic disciplines — not simply logistical or production functions. Curatorial authorship and production management are held in one practice — a combination the field usually splits.
Areas of Practice
The exhibition's thesis, argument, and narrative; the research and selection of artists and works; and the writing that carries it, from wall texts to interpretive frameworks.
Curating from private and corporate collections, with the lender research, outreach, and loan-agreement negotiation behind them.
Designers, lighting, art handling, transport, customs, and condition reporting; and the budgets, timelines, and contractors that hold a production together.
Venue identification and agreement negotiation, multi-venue coordination, and the adaptation of design and text for different spaces.
Talks, tours, symposia, performances, and screenings, including the collector- and client-facing events built around openings.
Permanent and rotating installations in corporate environments, internal engagement programmes, and exhibition experiences within fairs and sponsored contexts.
Writing catalogue essays, critical texts, and curatorial introductions, and commissioning and editing contributions from artists, critics, and scholars.
Comprehensive inventories, selected highlights, or thematic surveys, with artist entries, provenance records, and condition documentation.
Scholarly apparatus, from footnotes to catalogue raisonné structure, and the positioning of a publication according to the client's objectives.
Corporate collection catalogues, annual cultural reports, cultural strategy documents, and content for websites and CSR publications.
Briefing designers, photographers, and printers to print-ready files; image rights and permissions; and publisher relationships and digital editions.
Establishing curatorial and critical authority and placing a collection within art historical discourse through co-publication with museums and academic presses.
Selected Projects
© Philip Pullman, Dæmon Voices