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.
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."
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.
American Impresario: George Wein
The third article in the American Impresario series features Wein, pianist, founder of the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and many others.
Pigeons on the Grass, Alas: Dan Byers
"I curate for curious people. I curate for people who love some other field or subject the same way I love art. I curate for those people who need to be won over, but are willing."
Pigeons on the Grass, Alas: Astria Suparak
"This has remained a core part of my curatorial agenda: Giving voice and space to marginalized points of view."
American Impresario: John Schaefer
The premiere *American Impresario* article comes from one of the nation's most adventurous radio producers, WNYC's John Schaefer, host of *Soundcheck*, *New Sounds*, and the *New Sounds Live* concert series.