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Miami 2006: The Collectors' Forum, Tom Eccles
Originally aired
12/8/06
Find out what it takes to be entrusted with with ideas and art from Tom Eccles the newly appointed Executive Director of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard. Host Althea Viafora Kress goes behind the scenes.
Tom Eccles was the director and curator of The Public Art Fund from 1997-2005 now he has curated the Hessel Museum of Art inaugural exhibition: Wrestle with Trevor Smith. How does Tom move from a living museum to a universal museum? How does he bring these two ideas together and break open the container? What are the curatorial goals around a private collection? If collecting is self-representation how does he curate a collector's choices for the public? As a result of private philanthropy how do you curate for a larger audience? Find out from this dynamic interview about the art of our time in the public domain. (16 minutes)
Tom Eccles was the director and curator of The Public Art Fund from 1997-2005 now he has curated the Hessel Museum of Art inaugural exhibition: Wrestle with Trevor Smith. How does Tom move from a living museum to a universal museum? How does he bring these two ideas together and break open the container? What are the curatorial goals around a private collection? If collecting is self-representation how does he curate a collector's choices for the public? As a result of private philanthropy how do you curate for a larger audience? Find out from this dynamic interview about the art of our time in the public domain. (16 minutes)
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