"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program
Seminar: Curator’s Role
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marcus Graf
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm
In this seminar, Prof. Dr. Marcus discusses the function of the curator in today’s realm of visual art. Being at the intersection between art administration and art production, the role of the curator has become highly dynamic and complex. This seminar will review various definitions as well as curatorial working strategies in order to give the participants an insight in the theories and practices of curatorial work.
About Marcus Graf
Prof. Dr. Marcus Graf was born in 1974 in Germany. After studying Cultural Sciences and Esthetical Communication in the Institute for Fine Arts, Aesthetics and Art History at the University of Hildesheim in Germany, he received his PhD in 2010 from the Institute of Contemporary Art History, Aesthetic and Art Theory at Stuttgart Art Academy in Germany. In 2017, Graf became Professor for Contemporary Art History and Theory at the Fine Art Faculty at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, where he teaches since 2003. He is currently the head of the Arts and Cultural Department.
Marcus Graf lives and works in Istanbul since 2001. He has been the curator of over 100 exhibitions in museums like the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum, Pera Museum, Erimtan Museum, Baksı Museum, Elgiz Museum, Cendere Art Museum, Erimtan Museum and Gazhane Museum as well as in prominent art instiutions such as 10th Istanbul Biennial (nightcomers project co-curator), Artistanbul Feshane, Taksim Sanat, Siemens Sanat, Plato Sanat, Milli Resürans Art Gallery, Contemporary Istanbul, ArtIstanbul Feshane, Atatürk Cultural Center, Sığınak – Space for technology and Art, Akbanksanat, and Cer Modern.
Graf is the author of numerous books, exhibition catalogues and publications on contemporary art and artists, and continues to live in Istanbul as academic, curator and art writer.
* This seminar is organized in collaboration between Akbank Sanat and Open Dialogue Istanbul
* To learn conditions of participation in a single seminar, we would kindly ask you to send an e-mail to apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org address noting the required seminar details. Single seminar participation fee is 850 TL for adults, 650 TL for students (VAT included).
* The program will take place on the online platform Zoom.