Auction, Collection, Museum: Cataloguing for Art Historians

Museum visitor, collector, curator; the work of the art historian can address a variety of audiences, each presenting a set of specific challenges. The goal of this course is to develop advanced writing and editing skills useful not only in academic contexts, but also in a range of professional situations in the art world. The class is conceived as a series of participatory workshops with different scenarios: curating an exhibition, conducting provenance research, drafting condition reports, editing an auction catalogue and more. Through analysis of existing text typologies as well as targeted exercises, students will be taught to produce informative and structured contributions for each of these situations. The course material will serve as a toolbox for them to refer to - during and after their studies. — Contact hours: 22.5 (90’/week, 15 weeks)