“Like traditional curators and gallery directors, bloggers and online curators look at work constantly—in magazines, at galleries, on Web sites and in the e-mails they receive from photographers. They pluck out photos they like—or that they think are interesting to critique and discuss—and then post them for others to see. Unlike traditional curators or gallerists, however, they don’t have to justify their decisions to museum boards, they have no overhead, and they don’t have to sell work to survive. They experiment, take risks, and exhibit work that a traditional curator might never consider showing. They are guided only by their personal tastes, yet they have found a growing and loyal audience.”
This from a story by PDN features editor Conor Risch titled “The Digital Curator,” the subhed for which asserts that “curated blogs and online galleries are playing an ever-more influential role in the fine-art world.” The piece features quotes from Tim Barber of tinyvices; Laurel Ptak of I Heart Photograph; Jörg M. Colberg of Conscientious; Michael Famighetti of Aperture; and Bill Hunt of Hasted Hunt gallery. Go here for the full story and for provocative perspective like this:
“In the past it was a little bit harder for photographers to get their work out and to knock on the right doors,” says Colberg. “With big gallerists reading my blog or other blogs I think there’s a better chance for somebody who is completely unknown to land a coup with a big gallery that maybe would have been out of reach 20 years ago.”
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The artworld’s newest power players: digital curators
“Like traditional curators and gallery directors, bloggers and online curators look at work constantly—in magazines, at galleries, on Web sites and in the e-mails they receive from photographers. They pluck out photos they like—or that they think are interesting to critique and discuss—and then post them for others to see. Unlike traditional curators or gallerists, however, they don’t have to justify their decisions to museum boards, they have no overhead, and they don’t have to sell work to survive. They experiment, take risks, and exhibit work that a traditional curator might never consider showing. They are guided only by their personal tastes, yet they have found a growing and loyal audience.”
This from a story by PDN features editor Conor Risch titled “The Digital Curator,” the subhed for which asserts that “curated blogs and online galleries are playing an ever-more influential role in the fine-art world.” The piece features quotes from Tim Barber of tinyvices; Laurel Ptak of I Heart Photograph; Jörg M. Colberg of Conscientious; Michael Famighetti of Aperture; and Bill Hunt of Hasted Hunt gallery. Go here for the full story and for provocative perspective like this:
“In the past it was a little bit harder for photographers to get their work out and to knock on the right doors,” says Colberg. “With big gallerists reading my blog or other blogs I think there’s a better chance for somebody who is completely unknown to land a coup with a big gallery that maybe would have been out of reach 20 years ago.”
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