Artist as Curator Symposium: When Exhibitions Become Form

The 'Artist as Curator' symposium hosted by Afterall features a keynote address from Elena Filipovic, who contends that exhibitions curated by artists have significantly disrupted traditional art historical concepts such as autonomy, authorship, and the nature of the artwork. Filipovic examines this shift through the lens of influential figures like Marcel Duchamp, Yves Klein, Martha Rosler, and David Hammons, suggesting new terminology and methodologies for interpreting exhibitions as a distinct form. She is a writer, art historian, and curator at WIELS Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels, having co-curated the 5th Berlin Biennial in 2008 alongside Adam Szymczyk and co-edited The Biennial Reader in 2010. Pablo Lafuente, Series Editor of Afterall Exhibition Histories, opened the symposium, and video documentation of the event is accessible.