Ways of Curating

“This is a highly intelligent, thoughtful and thought-provoking book. Obrist emerges as both scholarly and energetically engaged with the proliferation of ideas in modern culture today.”—Carl Wilkinson, Financial Times

“Brisk, eclectic . . . In recent decades, the art world has been somewhat tediously obsessed with this 'curatorial turn' and its apparent undermining of artists and critics alike. But Obrist is a good example of the expanded possibilities of the job, and the sheer energy he has brought to working with artists themselves is the abiding impression of Ways of Curating.”—Brian Dillon, Literary Review

“Obrist educates and delights, with the simple goal of sharing his life's joy.”—Publishers Weekly

“A succinct, personal perspective on the intellectual sources and enthusiasms of a distinguished figure in the contemporary art world.”—Kirkus Reviews

“An engaging and erudite work that argues persuasively for the continued relevance of curating for the arts and wider society. His book is about the curator's role as a maker of exhibitions, a task that involves tracing hidden connections between artworks and forging untrammelled routes across culture in search of new ways of experiencing art; new ways of looking at the world around us. If that sounds like an impossibly romantic definition it's because this is an unapologetically personal account of the profession's development.”—Ekow Eshun, The Independent