Hans Ulrich Obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was 23 years old. Since then, he has staged more than 300 shows internationally, many of them among the most influential exhibits of our age.
Ways of Curating is a compendium of the insights Obrist has gained from his years of extraordinary work in the art world. It skips between centuries and continents, flitting from meetings with the artists who have inspired him (including Gerhard Richter, Louise Bourgeois and Gilbert and George) to biographies of influential figures such as Diaghilev and Walter Hopps. It describes some of the greatest exhibitions in history, as well as some of the greatest exhibitions never realised. It traces the evolution of collections from Athanasius Kircher’s seventeenth-century Wunderkammer to modern museums and points the way for projects yet to come.
Obrist has rescued the word “curate” from beverage stores and playlists to remind us of the power inherent in looking at art—and at the world—in a new way.
About the Author
Hans Ulrich Obrist is Co-Director of the Serpentine Galleries, London. Obrist has lectured internationally at academic and art institutions and is contributing editor to several magazines and journals.
About the Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is renowned for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children’s books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including numerous National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes and 23 Nobel Prizes in literature.
