Journal of Curatorial Studies
Journal of Curatorial Studies (Journal)
The Journal of Curatorial Studies is an international, peer-reviewed publication that explores the cultural functioning of curating and its relation to exhibitions, institutions, audiences, aesthetics and display culture. As a critical and responsive forum for debate in the emerging field of curatorial studies, the journal fosters scholarship in the theory, practice and history of curating, as well as that of exhibitions and display culture in general.
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Editors
Jim Drobnick
OCAD University
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
The Journal of Curatorial Studies is an international, peer-reviewed publication that explores the cultural functioning of curating and its relation to exhibitions, institutions, audiences, aesthetics and display culture. The journal takes a wide perspective in the inquiry into what constitutes 'the curatorial'. Curating has evolved considerably from the connoisseurship model of arranging objects to now encompass performative, virtual and interventionist strategies. While curating as a spatialized discourse of art objects remains important, the expanded cultural practice of curating not only produces exhibitions for audiences to view, but also plays a catalytic role in redefining aesthetic experience, framing cultural conditions in institutions and communities, and inquiring into constructions of knowledge and ideology. As a critical and responsive forum for debate in the emerging field of curatorial studies, the journal will foster scholarship in the theory, practice and history of curating, as well as that of exhibitions and display culture in general. The journal supports in-depth investigations of contemporary and historical exhibitions, case studies of curators and their engagements, and analyses of the critical dynamics influencing the production of exhibitions in art and broader display culture. The Journal of Curatorial Studies invites contributions from scholars within curatorial studies, art history, museum studies, cultural studies, and other academic disciplines. The journal publishes both thematic and open issues, and features research articles, contemporary and historical case studies, interviews with curators, artists and theorists, and reviews of books, exhibitions and conferences.
Editors
Jim Drobnick
OCAD University
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
Editors
Jim Drobnick
OCAD University
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
Editors
Jim Drobnick
OCAD University
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
Download the Notes for Contributors here:
The Journal of Curatorial Studies seeks original research articles on the subject of curating and exhibitions, as well as case studies, interviews and reviews of recent books, exhibitions and conferences.
The Journal of Curatorial Studies is a new international, peer-reviewed publication that explores the increasing relevance of curating and its impact on exhibitions, institutions, audiences, aesthetics and display culture. Inviting cross-disciplinary approaches from visual studies, art history, museum studies, critical theory, cultural studies and other academic fields, the journal encompasses a diversity of contributions on curating and exhibitions broadly defined. By catalyzing debate and serving as a venue for the emerging discipline of curatorial studies, this journal encourages the development of the theory, practice and history of curating, as well as the analysis of exhibitions and display culture in general.
Through investigations of current and historical exhibitions, display formats in the art context and cultures at large, individual curators and their oeuvres, and the political and theoretical issues influencing the production of exhibitions, the journal promotes a wide-ranging inquiry into what constitutes 'the curatorial.' While curating as a spatialized discourse of art objects remains important, in the current era organizing an exhibition involves a much more complex set of critical practices and self-reflexive methodologies that can have effects both locally and globally. This expanded cultural function of curating generates not only exhibitions for audiences to view, but also queries the nature of aesthetic experience, the authority of institutions, the formation of ideology, and the construction of knowledge. The readership of the Journal of Curatorial Studies includes scholars in curatorial studies, art history and museum studies, along with gallery and museum professionals, independent curators and art critics, and cultural theorists interested in art and display.
All submissions should be in English and adhere to the Intellect Style Guide. Please send submissions and correspondence to:
Jim Drobnick, Editor
Ontario College of Art & Design
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher, Editor
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
Journal of Curatorial Studies
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All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
Editors
Jim Drobnick
OCAD University
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
Editorial Board
Alexander Alberro
Barnard College/Columbia University
Marcia Brennan
Rice University
Andrea Giunta
Buenos Aires University
HOU Hanru
MAXXI
Alice Ming Wai Jim
Concordia University
Amelia Jones
Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California
Christof Migone
University of Western Ontario
Nina Möntmann
Independent Art Historian and Curator
Paul O'Neill
Checkpoint Helsinki
Helena Reckitt
Goldsmiths College/York University
Lee Rodney
University of Windsor
Kitty Scott
Art Gallery of Ontario/York University
Advisory Board
Mieke Bal
Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis
Sarah Cook
CRUMB/University of Dundee
Tom Eccles
Bard College
Jennifer Gonzalez
University of California
Reesa Greenberg
Carleton University
Salah Hassan
Cornell University
Charlotte Klonk
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Johanne Lamoureux
Université de Montréal
Maria Lind
Tensta Konsthall
Andrew McClellan
Tufts University
Chantal Mouffe
University of Westminster
Pooja Sood
Independent Curator and Director of KHOJ
Editors
Jim Drobnick
OCAD University
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
Contents
- Volume (8): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (7): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (7): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (6): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (6): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (5): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (5): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (5): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (4): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (4): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (4): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (3): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (3): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (2): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (2): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (2): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (1): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (1): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (1): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2012
Editors
Jim Drobnick
OCAD University
jim@displaycult.com
Jennifer Fisher
York University
jefish@yorku.ca
