Modes of Engagement: Collecting, Curating and Teaching with Contemporary Art Libraries and Archives

The Modes of Engagement symposium at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will be held on Saturday October 11th, 2025, in conjunction with the inauguration of the new Keith Haring Wing. This symposium will feature the extensive research collections at the Center for Curatorial Studies alongside the practices of curators, academics and professionals from adjacent fields, art institutions and organizations. Both panels investigate the distinctive and unique challenges and methods of working with rare contemporary art related publications, editions and archives as part of exhibition-making, teaching, collecting and exploring publishing as an artistic and curatorial platform.

This one-day symposium consists of two 90-minute panels followed by a reception. Each panel includes curators, educators and library & archives professionals engaged in conversation about their scholarly, professional and pedagogical practices working with artists’ publications, archives, editions, and multiples, materials collected in support of future scholarship and made accessible within museum and academic research collections.

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For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/1128-modes-of-engagement-collecting-curating-and-teaching-with-contemporary-art-libraries-and-archives.

Time: 11:30 am – 3:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Collection Teaching Gallery, CCS Bard

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