The Curator and the Historian: Helen Molesworth and Paul Schimmel
Two highly respected curators, Helen Molesworth and Paul Schimmel, describe how they see the relationship between curating and historiography.
Going Outside the White Box: The Visiting Artist As Conduit
In the first segment of a three-part conversation between Center Visiting Artist Ain Gordon and Center Executive Director Paula Marincola, they discuss Gordon's role as a conduit between the Center and its grantees.
Tacita Dean: On JG and the Medium of Time
Tacita Dean speaks about time's myriad forms, from the geological and the celestial to the biological or the structural.
On the Making of JG
Tacita Dean shares her thoughts about the making of her film JG in advance of its international debut at Arcadia University Art Gallery.
danceworkbook: Susan Foster! Susan Foster! Three Performed Lectures
In the third iteration of the Center's *danceworkbook* series, Dr. Linda Caruso Haviland introduces three performed lectures by Foster.
Pigeons on the Grass, Alas: MoMA PS1's Peter Eleey
"Curators were people who I thought had a secondary role in the art ecosystem; it took me a while to see how that adjacency and remove could be liberating, and to learn the real pleasures of thinking with and through others."
Pigeons on the Grass, Alas: Nato Thompson
"The bracket of the museum or gallery often shifts the lens of a project away from its being toward a traditional mode of representation. It is a shift that I find often in the way of the artists' intent."
Merian Soto on Site, Improvisation, and Embodiment in SoMoS
Ain Gordon, the Center's 2011–13 Visiting Artist, spoke with choreographer and director Merián Soto about her Center-supported piece, *SoMoS*.
American Impresario: Helene and Robert Browning
Toni Shapiro-Phim's portrait of the Brownings, co-founders of the World Music Institute, highlights their pioneering work in the curation of world music and their organization's impact on the field.
Jenny Sabin's Greenhouse at the American Philosophical Society
Jenny Sabin writes about designing a "Greenhouse for the Future," part of the American Philosophical Society's Center-funded Greenhouse Projects.