Opinion
We must support regional curatorship
Are regional museums sleepwalking into a situation in which university expertise replaces curatorial research? This question was recently debated by over 100 curators, directors, students, representatives of auction houses and grant-giving bodies at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. It was organised by Birmingham Museums Trust and the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Advanced Studies, …
What’s the point of glittering prizes?
This autumn the opening of the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery, the Turner Prize at Tate Britain and Artes Mundi 5 at National Museum Cardiff underline the continued high-profile of the prize in the British art calendar. But how relevant are these prizes to artists today and, more importantly, the audiences …