Prem Krishnamurthy, Endless Exhibition, or, K.’s Last Lecture

#37: Operate with radical transparency.|#20: Are exhibitions the most suitable form for the art that we present?|#30: Don’t work with artists who are assholes.|#132: Things will always look weird when you’re the first doing it.|#53: Immaterial support for artists is important.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#124: Do less, do it better.|#88: Changing internships, artists, curators,... are important propositions to keep a fresh set of eyes.|#56: Take a lunch break.|#40: Follow the artist|#120: The new type of art institute cannot merely be an art museum as it has been until now, but no museum at all. The new type will be more like a power station, a producer of new energy.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#98: The success of it will not lie in the result but in the process.|#127: Remain practical: what happens to the work in an endless exhibition?|#60: Look after all tools. The moment it looks like things are missing it means that things are missing.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#89: Build-in impurity within the organisation.|#15: Kunsthal Gent aims to be an extension of public space.|#4: Pay what you can.|#64: Arrange a distribution of forces.|#81: Things come alive when there is friction.|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#99: Evolve according to changing needs.|#39: Be the early stepping stone in an artist’s career|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|#37: Operate with radical transparency.|#20: Are exhibitions the most suitable form for the art that we present?|#30: Don’t work with artists who are assholes.|#132: Things will always look weird when you’re the first doing it.|#53: Immaterial support for artists is important.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#124: Do less, do it better.|#88: Changing internships, artists, curators,... are important propositions to keep a fresh set of eyes.|#56: Take a lunch break.|#40: Follow the artist|#120: The new type of art institute cannot merely be an art museum as it has been until now, but no museum at all. The new type will be more like a power station, a producer of new energy.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#98: The success of it will not lie in the result but in the process.|#127: Remain practical: what happens to the work in an endless exhibition?|#60: Look after all tools. The moment it looks like things are missing it means that things are missing.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#89: Build-in impurity within the organisation.|#15: Kunsthal Gent aims to be an extension of public space.|#4: Pay what you can.|#64: Arrange a distribution of forces.|#81: Things come alive when there is friction.|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#99: Evolve according to changing needs.|#39: Be the early stepping stone in an artist’s career|#23: That’s a very interesting piece, but how would it behave in a pizza joint?|

31.08.2018 00:00

"Starting today, I proclaim that every exhibition we mount is permanent."

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Prem Krishnamurthy, Endless Exhibition, or, K.’s Last Lecture