Curatorial Practice

On Cross Collecting, or Cross-Over Buying

David Bellingham, Sothebysinstitute

Since the start of the new millennium, there has been an increase in cross-collecting (sometimes called 'cross-over buying'). This might seem like a recent phenomenon according to what we …

The site of the earliest known temple on earth continues to keep its secrets

Yasmine Seale, Apollo Magazine

Join me in Detroit to Explore the Future of Immersive Practice

Elizabeth Merritt

Māori ancestors repatriated to New Zealand by the Peabody Museum

Museums too: what should institutions do when artists are accused of abuse?

Jillian Steinhauer, The Art Newspaper

What’s the Best Path to a Top Museum Job? We Analyzed the Training of 100 Curators to Find Out

Brian Boucher, artnet News

Fifteen years after looting, thousands of artefacts are still missing from Iraq’s national museum

Craig Barker, The Conversation

Commerce vs. Curation: Lessons From Today’s Museums World

Scott Reyburn, Nytimes

Scooby Doo In the Museum

Sarah Anne Carter, Avidly

UK museum collecting at risk from lack of funding, report warns

Mark Brown, The Guardian

Do museum directors need curatorial experience?

Rober Hewison and Nicholas Penny, Apollo Magazine

Tools and Resources In the Wake of Charlottesville

Cecelia Walls

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