Books on Curating
70 books on curatorial practice · updated 21 October 2026
CurationismFeaturedDavid Balzer · 2014 · Coach House Books
Balzer on curation as a cultural condition.
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Curating under PressureJanet Marstine, Svetlana Mintcheva · 2020 · Taylor & Francis Group
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Curatorial ChallengesMalene Vest Hansen, Anne Folke Henningsen, Anne Gregersen · 2019 · Routledge
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Curating in a Time of Ecological CrisisFelicity Fenner · 2022 · Taylor & Francis Group
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Curating DramaturgiesPeter Eckersall, Bertie Ferdman · 2021 · Taylor & Francis Group
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Contemporary Curating Artistic Reference and Public ReceptionStéphanie Bertrand · 2021 · Taylor & Francis Group
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Companion to CurationBrad Buckley, John Conomos · 2019 · Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Amazonian Indigenous Cultures in Art and Anthropological ExhibitionsCinthya Lana · 2021 · Anthem Press
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Curating PopSarah Baker, Lauren Istvandity, Raphaël Nowak · 2019 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Understanding Islam at European MuseumsMagnus Berg, Klas Grinell · 2021 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
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- Design objects and the museum
Liz Farrelly, Joanna Weddell · 2016 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Practical Guide to Museum EthicsSally Yerkovich · 2016 · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Curating Transcultural SpacesSarah Hegenbart, Deborah Ascher Barnstone, Thomas O. Haakenson · 2024 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Curatorial InterventionBrett M. Levine · 2021 · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Contemporary Curating and Museum EducationCarmen Mörsch, Angeli Sachs, Thomas Sieber · 2016 · Transcript Verlag
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- Museums and communities
Vivien Golding, Wayne Modest · 2013 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Establishing Dress History (Studies in Design)Lou Taylor · 2004 · Manchester University Press
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Curating nowPaula Marincola, Robert Storr, Kathy Halbreich · 2001 · Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative
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Curatorial practices for botanical gardensTimothy C. Hohn · 2000 · Horticulture Department, Edmonds Community College
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The origins of natural science in AmericaG. Brown Goode, Sally Gregory Kohlstedt · 1991 · Smithsonian
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Museum Studies Conference. (9th 1988 University of Delaware)., Wilcomb Washburn, Craig Gilborn · 1988 · The University
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Museum Studies Conference (8th 1987 University of Delaware), Museum Studies Conference 1987 (University of Delaware), Janice Dockery · 1987 · The University
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Jo Miller, Brooklyn Museum of Art. · 1975 · Brooklyn Museum, Division of Publications and Marketing Services
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Pedagogical Art in Activist and Curatorial PracticesIzabel Galliera, Noni Brynjolson · 2025 · Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
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Becoming Our FutureJulie Nagam, Carly Lane, Megan Tamati-Quennell · 2020 · Arbeiter Ring Publishing
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Comradeship : Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-Socialist EuropeZdenka Badovinac · 2019 · Independent Curators International (ICI), New York
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