Blog 2 — Curatorial ethics network

The museum has my history: A Case for Artistic reparation Author: Dawit Algerson There is an irony I cannot ignore: I am writing this in English, a language that does not belong to me, shaped by the same colonial systems I am critiq

Gabrielle BK 20/08/2026 Gabrielle BK 20/08/2026

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Beyond Inclusivity: Toward Ethical Accountability in Global Curating Author: Dawit Algerson The curatorial field has entered a phase of moral fatigue. After more than a decade of exhibitions promising diversity and representation,

Gabrielle BK 06/11/2025 Gabrielle BK 06/11/2025

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How Feminism Made Me Quit Community Curating: Gender, Care, and Personal Values Author: Weronika Tupaj I was a fresh graduate - enthusiastic, passionate, and determined to change or at least improve my slice of the world. I worked

Gabrielle BK 05/11/2025 Gabrielle BK 05/11/2025

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Ethics in the Digital Age: Curating in Virtual Spaces Author: Sarah Maria Lillig Introduction To speak of curating today is to speak of mediation in its most expanded form. The act of selecting, framing and interpreting no lo

Gabrielle BK 03/11/2025 Gabrielle BK 03/11/2025

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Lu Rose Cunningham on The Writers’ Room residency, London, Autumn 2025 Author: Lu Rose Cunningham Around the time of joining the Curatorial Ethics Network, I reflected deeply on what it means to be a cultural steward for the re

Gabrielle BK 30/10/2025 Gabrielle BK 30/10/2025

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“Kalokagathian Curators” as Cross-Racial Allies Author: Suzana Milevska The lack of understanding of the urgency of the ethical component of the curatorial profession is at the core of this text. Too many projects, despite their i

Gabrielle BK 01/10/2025 Gabrielle BK 01/10/2025

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Inclusivity as an Ethical Imperative in Curating: Who We Include, Why It Matters, and What is at Stake Author: Dawit Algerson Introduction In recent years, inclusivity has emerged as one of the defining questions of contemp

Gabrielle BK 15/09/2025 Gabrielle BK 15/09/2025

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Curating as Critical Praxis : Weaving Memory against Forgetting and the Ethics of Reconstruction Author:Dagim Abebe Introduction To curate Woven Memories at The Space Ethiopia - Art gallery was to enter into a silent pact wit

Gabrielle BK 04/09/2025 Gabrielle BK 04/09/2025

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Outsider artistS: Ethical reflections in socially engaged practices Author: Silla Simone Introduction Why should we discuss the ethics in socially engaged practices? In recent decades, many artists have moved beyond sol

Gabrielle BK 04/09/2025 Gabrielle BK 04/09/2025

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First-Person Curating: An Ethics of Autotheory and Curatorial Coming-Togetherness Author: Celeste MacLeod-Brown What follows is a brief introduction—a provocation—into some of my thoughts surrounding autotheory and the Curatoria

Gabrielle BK 10/04/2025 Gabrielle BK 10/04/2025

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Curating Against the Odds: The Struggle to Sustain Ethiopia's Art Ecosystem Author: Dagim Abebe Introduction Art has to be considered the soul of this nation since it is a powerful mirror that reflects its history, struggles,

Gabrielle BK 19/03/2025 Gabrielle BK 19/03/2025

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Formalising ethics for the contemporary art curator? Author: Dr Gabrielle Barkess-Kerr

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Gabrielle BK 04/12/2024 Gabrielle BK 04/12/2024

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