A couple years back—this was before everyone started talking about exhibition designers—it seemed like curators were eclipsing artists as the hot thing in the art world. (That is, when architects weren’t hogging the spotlight with their museum designs, but we digress …) How did this happen? One likely factor was the rise in demand for curatorial services as biennial exhibitions—sprawling shows whose themes are all-encompassing, ambitiously esoteric, or both—began sprouting around the globe. The Venice Biennial is one of the granddaddies, but now there are dozens, enough that curators spend lots of time jetting around the world just to keep up with them all. Douglas Fogle is one of those globe-trotters (his home base is here at Walker Art Center), and courtesy of mnartists.org, he’ll give an insider’s scoop on how the biennial craze is affecting the art world. 2640 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-375-7622; www.walkerart.org
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