10 Essential Books on Curating: A Reading List from Artribune

Artribune presents a curated reading list of ten essential books on curating, ranging from foundational monographs to critical essays and practical manuals. The list includes Lucrezia De Domizio Durini's monograph on Harald Szeemann, considered the father of modern curating; Hans Ulrich Obrist's 'Breve storia della curatela' featuring interviews with Pontus Hultén, Lucy Lippard, and Szeemann; Chiara Bertola's 'Curare l'arte' with dialogues with Italian curators; Germano Celant's posthumous 'The Story of (my) Exhibitions'; Francesco Bonami's provocative autobiography 'Curator'; David Balzer's critique of 'curationism' in 'Curatori d’assalto'; Paula Marincola's 'What Makes a Great Exhibition?' with essays by Robert Storr, Ralph Rugoff, and Iwona Blazwick; Gianni Romano's 'Become a Curator' featuring voices like Massimiliano Gioni, Cecilia Alemani, and Boris Groys; Marco Scotini's 'Utopian Display' on curatorial geopolitics from non-Western perspectives; and Domenico Scudero's practical 'Manuale pratico del curator'. The article is part of a series on curating published in Artribune Magazine #62.