The Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. Photograph by Nils Klinger.
THIS ESSAY IS TAKEN FROM THE CURATING ART ISSUE OF ART INDIA VOLUME XVII, ISSUE II, 2012-13.
The history of the word, curate, though fairly well known, bears repetition. Its etymology suggests a caretaker, and it was originally used in noun form, with a stress on its first syllable, to describe priests, ministers of souls. After centuries in a spiritual domain, the word moved into the secular sphere, where, in the slightly altered form of curator, it came to denote people in charge of repositories and sports grounds. India being the only country where cricket pitches are considered more important than museums, the world at large associated the word curator primarily with keepers of artefact collections. Through back-formation, curate began to be used as a verb, with an accent on second syllable, to describe the things curators did.
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Parts, Wholes And The Spaces In Between
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"The Fine Art of Going to the Pictures."
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OF DIVINE LOSS
Shaurya Kumar explores the relationship between the subject and object of devotion, finds Aranya.
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Neha Mitra visits two shows and three artists in Mumbai.
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SHAPES OF WATER
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INTIMATIONS OF INTIMACY
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THE FRACTURED PROSPECT
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TEETERING BEYOND OUR GRASP
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