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Matthew Krishanu, Corvus, 2019. Installation view at The Stuart Hall Library, Iniva, London, 2019. Photograph by George Torode.
24 March 2021 Curator's CPD Programme

Doing the Work: Documenting Collections

Few resources are given to this area of museum work, and it has yet to become the subject of serious and sustained scrutiny in efforts to decolonise museums and root out racist museum practices.

Sonia Boyce, Six Acts, 2018, performance documentation at Manchester Art Gallery. Courtesy: the artist and Manchester Art Gallery; performer: Lasana Shabazz; photograph: Andrew Brooks
24 February 2021 Curator's CPD Programme

Doing the Work: Interventionist Practices

In this workshop we will consider the role of residencies and interventionist projects led by institutions and independent organisations.
Claudette Johnson, Standing Figure, 2017. Acquired by the CAS for Rugby Art Gallery and Museum through the Rapid Response Fund, 2020. Courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate.
20 January 2021 Curator's CPD Programme

Doing the Work – Curation and Display: The Stories We Tell, the Knowledge We Produce

This first workshop in our ‘Doing the Work’ series will focus on curation and display in museums and galleries.

28 February 2020 Curator's CPD Programme

Curator’s CPD Study Day: Arts podcasting

Over the course of the day, participants will be guided through the landscape of arts radio and podcasts.

Mark Wallinger, The World Turned Upside Down, 2019. Photographer - Damian Griffiths
7 February 2020 Curator's CPD Programme

CPD Study Day: Contemporary Art in the Urban Landscape

We will discuss public art and urban regeneration and question whether projects are led by a commitment to the community or whether they present corporate decoy strategies.
Lothar Götz, Dance Diagonal, Brewers Towner Commission. Towner Eastbourne, 2019. Photo by Eva Eastman
31 January 2020 Curator's CPD Programme

Curator’s CPD Study Day: Conversations on Painting

This study day will focus on painting as conceptual practice and is structured as a series of conversations between artists, curators and academics
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Sekuru Koni, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Tyburn Gallery.
6 December 2019 Curator's CPD Programme

Curator’s CPD Study Day: Studio Visits at Gasworks, South London

Curator’s CPD Programme members: free £10 for non-members. Coffee and lunch included This study day will start with lunch at the elegant Brunswick House, at which Alessio Antoniolli, director of Gasworks will introduce…
1 November 2019 Curator's CPD Programme

Curator’s CPD Study Day: Curating and Installing Digital Art

Sackler CPD Programme members: free £10 for non-members. Coffee and lunch included This study day aims to explore how institutions can adapt to the challenges of curating and installing art…
Campaigners protesting against the cancellation of the exhibition “Queermuseu - Cartography of the Difference in Brazilian Art”, at the Santander Cultural Centre in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2017.
3 October 2019 Curator's CPD Programme

Frieze Curatorial Summit: It Belongs to Me! Curation, Censorship and the Resurgent Far Right

Frieze Masters auditorium Free to Frieze pass holders, no booking required This year’s CAS/Frieze Curatorial Summit looks at the resurgence of populism and the far-right, which echoes the days when…
Frieze London
3 October 2019 Curator's CPD Programme

Frieze 2019 Curators’ Programme

CPD Members: free Non-members: £25. VIP tickets to Frieze included. The Contemporary Art Society will host a talk and lead a tour of Frieze London and Frieze Masters. To ensure you…
Eleanor Lakelin
27 September 2019 Curator's CPD Programme

Curator’s CPD Study Day: Conceptual Craft

Sackler CPD Programme members: free £10 for non-members Join us for a curator’s study day in London, for Arts professionals to learn more about the most innovative craft practices in…
Helene Funke, Dreams, 1913. Currently on show as part of City of Women: Female Artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at 25 January 2019 - 19 May 2019
5 Jun 2019—7 Jun 2019 Curator's CPD Programme

CAS Museum Member Research Trip: Vienna

CAS Museum Member curators only Travel Bursaries Available In early June 2019, Contemporary Art Society is organising its annual research trip for museum curators, this year to Vienna, Austria.  The…

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The Madonna of the Cat, after Barocci (2022) by Ali Cherri. Photo credit - Garry Jones Photography for Culture Coventry
12 December 2022 Curator's CPD Programme

Artists and Collections: Expanding Practices

Histories of Trauma: On the Representation of Violence in Collections Timings: 13.00- 13.10 Welcome by Ilaria Puri Purini, Contemporary Art Society, Martin Roberts, Herbert Art Gallery, Daniel Herrmann, Curator of…
11 February 2023 Talks & Events

Artist Talk: Nicole Wermers in conversation with Penelope Curtis followed by Gallery Walking Tour, East London

We are thrilled to invite you to join us for a breakfast talk by artist Nicole Wermers in conversation with art historian and curator Penelope Curtis at Herald St. Their…
CPD Craft Day
2 March 2023 Curator's CPD Programme

CPD Visit: VIP Tour of Collect Fair

Join us for a VIP Tour of Collect Fair. We will be touring the fair with Sarah Griffin, curator and craft expert. Collect Fair will showcase work made in the…
Ten Siblings (2021), Mohammed Sami, courtesy of Modern Art and Camden Art Centre
18 March 2023 Talks & Events

CAStour: North London

The Contemporary Art Society tour (CASt) is London’s first and most popular gallery bus tour, taking place throughout the year and offering an inspirational insight into the city’s most exciting…

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