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PEI publishes critical writing on curatorial practice and fosters curatorial discourse as a service to the community and the field.

Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative and Moore College of Art & Design Present: Curatorial Conversations

Curatorial Conversations
Curating and Activism: An International Panel

Through a series of paired conversations with an international roster of distinguished panelists including artists, curators, educators, scholars and arts administrators, these Curatorial Conversations, co-organized by The Galleries and Moore’s BFA in Curatorial Studies major, discuss the creative nexus between curating and a variety of other societal mandates such as education and activism.

The entire symposium is archived and can be found here. >

Questions of Practice: What Makes a Great Exhibition?

This volume aims to stimulate thought about how overarching issues meet-on-the-ground practicalities. What Makes a Great Exhibition? is vital reading for arts professionals, art and curatorial studies students, art historians, practicing artists, and anyone curious about exhibition-making today.

Curating Now: Imaginative Practice/Public Responsibility

Proceedings from a symposium addressing the state of current curatorial practice organized by the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative.

Exhibitions