Cultural Management

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент филологии

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Суворова Анна Александровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course explores key concepts of curatorial practice, its historical development, its place in the art system, and its impact on social processes. Students will master the fundamentals of art management and explore the characteristics of contemporary art. Drawing on the experience of renowned international professionals, the course program covers key areas of curatorial practice, including international and Russian approaches, the relationship of art to the economic and social context, and exhibition and event organizing techniques. Students will learn how to select content in an information overload, master methods of presenting art in various environments, analyze the processes that shape the art market, and understand how to effectively present their opinions and engage audiences with high-quality writing. This course examines the use of artificial intelligence systems for optimizing search queries, automatic abstracting of scientific articles and extracting information from them, as well as neural networks, and natural language processing.

Learning Objectives

• Students will master the fundamentals of curatorial practice, including an understanding of historical aspects, the role of curators in art and society, and methods for analyzing and selecting artistic content in today's information overload.
• Students will develop professional competencies in cultural management, enabling them to effectively organize exhibitions and events, present art in various environments, analyze the art market, and engage audiences with high-quality textual materials.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Combining history, theory, and practice, the course will investigate what is innovative in curatorial practice and whether it needs to be innovative; to what extent can it be trained; and what are present-day criteria, ethics, and added value of the curatorial profession in relation to artistic, scholarly, and social developments

Course Contents

• Whose exhibition?
• Curating the contemporary
• Curating (transcending) the old
• Curating art +
• Curating Russian
• Final remarks

Assessment Elements

• Active participation
  Active participation
• Participation in the final discussion on curatorial ethics
  Participation in the final discussion on curatorial ethics
• Participation in each case-study talk/presentation
  Participation in each case-study talk/presentation

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.25 * Participation in the final discussion on curatorial ethics + 0.25 * Active participation + 0.5 * Participation in each case-study talk/presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Anthony Gardner, & Charles Green. (2016). Biennials, Triennials, and Documenta : The Exhibitions That Created Contemporary Art (Vol. 1). Wiley-Blackwell.
• Bruce W. Ferguson, Reesa Greenberg, & Sandy Nairne. (1996). Thinking About Exhibitions. Routledge.
• Laurent JEANPIERRE. (2017). Magiciens De La Terre.
• Trahais, F. (n.d.). Jens Hoffmann, Life in your head - When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes (A Restoration – A Remake – A Rejuvenation – A Rebellion). OpenAIRE.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Ancel, P., Bawin, J., Bordeaux, M.-C., Camart, C., Dupuis, R., Fournié, F., Fraser, M., Glicenstein, J., Lemieux, A., Mairesse, F., Martin, J.-H., Pommaret, C., Rampillon, C., & Szeeman, H. (2018). L’artiste et le musée.
• J. Pedro Lorente. (2018). Cathedrals of Urban Modernity : Creation of the First Museums of Contemporary Art. Routledge.
• Margolin, J., Witztum, E., & Lerner, V. (2017). Genius, Creativity and Madness. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Trahais, F. (2014). Show Time: The 50 Most Influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art. Critique d’art.

Authors

• KESSEL KSENIIA VITALEVNA
• SUVOROVA ANNA ALEKSANDROVNA