On October 19, 2020 I had the pleasure to host a #MuseumHour on twitter around the topic of failure as a museum worker. Read in this post the many insightful replies and discussions around the topic.
Read MoreThis is part III of an unfolding mini-series trying to provide some starting points to reimagine futures, provide solace and at least start somewhere during COVID-19.
Read MoreOn June 1st, 2020 I had the pleasure to host a #MuseumHour on twitter around the topic of success as a museum worker. Read the many insightful replies and discussions around the topic.
Read MoreThis is part III of an unfolding mini-series trying to provide some starting points to reimagine futures, provide solace and at least start somewhere during COVID-19.
Read MoreThis is part II of an unfolding mini-series trying to provide some starting points to reimagine futures, provide solace and at least start somewhere during COVID-19.
Read MoreThis is part I of an unfolding mini-series tries to provide some starting points to reimagine futures, provide solace and at least start somewhere during COVID-19.
Read MoreMuseums have changed over the centuries, adapting to the changes in society and the way knowledge is presented. In an age where we have so many information sources at hand we are asked to be critical about the sources and the conclusions they point to. Museums are part of the educational realm and more and more people are being critical about the kind of assumptions museums allow with the discourse they provide.
Read MoreFor many institutions the relationship to their sponsors is benevolent and productive, for others however, the pleasing of sponsors becomes a delicate management of compromises. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you, right? But what does this dependent position do to the autonomy of cultural institutions, education or journalism?
Read MoreEvery day we have to get our balance right between the Doing and the Non-Doing. Who are you without the doing?
Read MoreIn the tradition to review the past year, close chapters and start new ones here a few of the main learnings of 2018
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Anabel Roque Rodríguez is a curator, writer and art historian based in Switzerland and Germany, but open to travel to other areas. She is interested in the relation of art to the public and site specific conditions. She works within the realm of contemporary art with strong roots in its historic past. To understand an development, one has to situate it retrospective. Her focus includes political art, the artist as activist, art as labor, feminism, photography and the art market.
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