Curatorial Malpractices (titled by José Ruiz) was a weekly reading/discussion group during the 2020-21 academic year for the Curatorial Practices MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Past Readings
No. 12, 4/9/21, Reassemblage by Trinh T. Minh-ha, Special Guest—Sukyun Lee
No. 11, 4/2/21, The Counter-Monument: Memory against Itself in Germany Today by James E. Young
No. 10, 3/26/21, Dreaming in Polish by Aimee Bender, Special Guest—Diane Botwin
No. 9, 3/19/21, Selection of Various Writings, Pedro Mesa
No. 8, 3/5/21, City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcón, Special Guest—Estela Duhart
No. 7, 2/19/21, W.G. Sebald by Tacita Dean
No. 6, 2/12/21, An Archival Impulse by Hal Foster
No. 5, 2/5/21, The Octopus in Love by Chus Martínez
No.4, 12/9/20, The Emancipated Spectator by Jacques Rancière
No. 3, 12/2/20, Medicine by Lu Hsun
No. 2, 11/25/20, From Site to Community in New Public Art: The Case of “Culture in Action” by Miwon Kwon
No. 1, 11/18/20, Resistance of the Object: Aunt Hester’s Scream by Fred Moten
Past Members
Spring 2021: David Alpert, Jeffry Cudlin, Babette Pendleton, José Ruiz, and Sicong Sui
Special Guests: Estela Duhart, Diane Botwin, and Sukyun Lee
Fall 2020: David Alpert, Jeffry Cudlin, Babette Pendleton, José Ruiz, and Sicong Sui