Description
As the international network for museum curators of Dutch and Flemish Art before 1800, CODART attaches great importance to the development of the curator’s profession. Many have noted changes in the museum sector, especially in recent years, which greatly affect the curator’s day-to-day work. These observations from the museum sector and from CODART’s membership prompted CODART to commission a research project, to be conducted by research agency &MAES (Amsterdam). In addition, 2023 was deemed an appropriate time – the year of CODART’s twenty-fifth anniversary – to reflect on how the profession of curator of Old Master art has changed over the past twenty-five years and to look at the challenges for the future. Where will the profession be in twenty-five years’ time?While the foundations of the curatorial profession are essentially unchanged, the modus operandi expected of a curator has been transformed. In dealing with issues regarding sustainability, diversity and inclusion and digitization, curators’ responsibilities have expanded. The sheer number and range of all these challenges make working in a museum more interesting than ever, but also more complex. How is the curator of Old Masters – sometimes described as a “nineteenth-century profession” – responding to these changes?
| Period | 11 Apr 2023 |
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| Work for | Bureau &Maes on behalf of Codart, Netherlands |
| Degree of Recognition | International |