With the goal of highlighting the concept of “Institute,” included within the very title of the IVAM since its founding, this programme coordinated by Johanna Caplliure seeks to articulate spaces for meeting, learning and dialogue between interested audiences and the curators behind the IVAM’s exhibition programme.
Curatorial practice is the ground work on which the museum’s exhibitions are built, understanding them as cultural constructs that give rise to multiple readings and appropriations by the public. And yet this underlying work remains largely invisible to visitors, who view the exhibition as a whole. The Curators in the Gallery programme wishes to highlight and provide a voice and room for the curatorial practices behind the museum’s exhibitions, casting light on two particular moments of the journey a curatorial proposal undergoes before being presented to the public.
The programme consists of organizing two meetings with each curator working on an exhibition at the IVAM. The first one takes place during the mounting of the exhibition and, therefore, prior to the opening, thus allowing a small group of participants to enter the gallery during setup and to see the museographic approach while it is taking place. The second meeting will be a guided visit to the exhibition led by the curator which will take place while the exhibition is open to the public (this second encounter will also be open to the general public).
Johanna Caplliure: teaches Aesthetics, Art Theory and Art History in the DCADHA (Department of Audiovisual Communication, Documentation and Art History) at UPV (Polytechnic University of Valencia). She is a curator, art critic and writer. She holds degrees in Art History and in Philosophy, and has a PhD in Art with International Distinction. Her work spans curatorial practice, research and university teaching, essayistic and literary production, art criticism and collaborations with museums, art centres and galleries, deploying a multifaceted field of knowledge and strategies.
REGISTRATION: To take part in the selection process for the group (15 places) that will form the programme, applicants must send a letter explaining their motivation for joining the project to reserves_ext@ivam.es. The deadline for receiving applications is 7 September. Acceptance into the programme will be notified after 9 September.
Dates:
11 September. Introductory session led by Johanna Caplliure.
18 September. Visit led by Blanca de la Torre, Director of IVAM and curator of the exhibition Inhabiting the shadows.
19 September. Visit led by Rosa Castells, curator of the exhibition Kara Walker. Burning Village.
23 October. In-house session
6 November. Visit led by Julia Castelló and Ali Maderuelo, curators of the exhibition Art i context.
14 November. Visit led by Ramón Escrivà and Nacho París, curators of the exhibition Daring to go Further. Valencia before the normative art. 1947-1960.
4 December. Visit led by Andrea Canepa.
15 January. Visit led by Blanca de la Torre, Director of IVAM and curator of the exhibition Inhabiting the shadows.
January 21. Guided tour led by Alicia Ventura, curator of the exhibition Territories in Transit.
February 12. Guided tour led by Blanca de la Torre, Director of IVAM and curator of the exhibition Half lit.
February 18. Guided tour led by Rosa Castells, curator of the exhibition Kara Walker: Burning Village. (Also open to the public. Register here.)
March 24. Guided tour led by Brigitte Leal, curator of the exhibition Women in the Work of Julio González.
April 23. Guided tour led by Blanca de la Torre, Director of IVAM and curator of the exhibition by Tania Candiani.
May 7. Guided tour of the exhibition The Collection.
May 14. Guided tour led by Iván de la Nuez, curator of the exhibition Cristina de Middel: Apotheosis Now.
June 11. Private session with Johanna Caplliure.
July 2. Visit by Sandra Moros, curator of the La Albufera exhibition, together with Irene Llàcer and Olivia Rico.
Accreditations: IVAM will certify participation in the programme for persons who have attended a minimum of 80% of the sessions.
