60 Years of Curating

Should curators get involved in politics? Curators and artists look back, with reference to the ICA's political curating history.

Is there a fundamental difference of position between artist and curator? Do we need curators at all?

Does sex still have the power to shock? Is controversy still one of the highest aims of the curator?

From 60s happenings to a gallery full of children, are our playful impulses just a distraction from the serious business of art?

In an age of ubiquitous technology, why is computer-based art still such a problem?

Should the curator be concerned with the physical experience of the audience? Artists and curators discuss.

Is it arrogant to assume we have the tools to understand artwork from very different cultures? Part of the 60 Years of Curating talks series.

When Soft Machine played with the Boyles in 1969, when the ICA celebrated a 'Mid Summer High', was the field of the curator in danger of giving way to drugs and flashing lights?

Curate it like you mean it and INSTANTLY you will see how to DESTROY ILLUSION AND DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACTS

Is all critique inevitable undone and aestheticised by the institutions in which it is presented?