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Carolina Rito Guest Speaker at Rewiring Institutions: The Evolution of Curating, SVA, New York
On Tuesday 22 April, internationally renowned curator and director Maria Lind joins leading scholar, theorist, and curator Carolina Rito to explore how cultural institutions—from museums to contemporary art centres—can be reimagined not merely as venues for public programming, but as dynamic networks of people, artefacts, labour, knowledge, and publicness. If the curatorial is understood as…
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New Peer-Reviewed Article by Carolina Rito in The Curatorial
Carolina Rito’s latest article, “The Curatorial: From Epistemic Capacities to Curatorial Research”, explores curatorial research as a critical epistemological practice at the intersection of artistic research, curatorial methodology, and critical theory. Engaging with the work of Irit Rogoff, Maria Lind, and others, Rito examines how curatorial research extends beyond exhibition-making to encompass practices of exposure, relational…
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Dr Louise Adkins Partnership with Ulster American Folk Park
Artist and researcher Louise Adkins gleaned exciting insights from interviews with first and third-person interpreters at National Museums Northern Ireland – Ulster Folk Museum and Ulster American Folk Park, as part of the NOW Time @ the Museum research project. This marks a fascinating new research journey supported by performance interpreters: Tom Greenhalgh, Esther Stewart,…
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Curatorial Workshop in Mindelo, Cape Verde
Carolina Rito is the guest curator for the Curatorial Workshop in Mindelo, Cape Verde from 10-14 March 2025, organised by BLI Collective and hosted at ZEROPOINT Art Gallery. This workshop is designed for local arts and culture practitioners eager to expand their skills in exhibition-making, cultural programming, and event organisation.
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Section Editor of “The Lexicon”, The Curatorial (SVA)
Carolina Rito is the editor of “The Lexicon” in The Curatorial journal. The special issue presents monthly contributions from curators, artists, organizers, activists, academics, and critical thinkers on definitions of key terms in curating. Thought as a dialogue between different takes on key terms, “The Lexicon” is not intended to suggest or offer a clear…
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Curatorial Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand
Carolina Rito was the guest speaker at a curatorial workshop organised by Vipash Purichanont (Silpakorn University) and EARN, aimed at MA students in Curatorial Practice at Chulalongkorn University and students from the Department of Art History at Silpakorn University. The workshop provided emerging curators with an opportunity to engage with Rito’s innovative approaches to curatorial…
