Artistic Criticism and Curatorial Practice · Contemporary

The Ethics of Curation

Investigating how the selection and display of art can reinforce or challenge power structures.

Key Questions

  1. 1Who decides what is worthy of being in a museum?
  2. 2How does the grouping of objects change the story a gallery tells?
  3. 3What are the ethical implications of displaying sacred or stolen artifacts?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Visual Arts: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing - Grade 11ON: Visual Arts: Foundations - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Artistic Criticism and Curatorial Practice
Period: Contemporary

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