The Latin word for care, curā, forms the basis of ‘curating’ – the caring of objects that is foundational in Western museum practice. Recently a forum centred on this idea of care at the Ian Potter Museum of Art suggested that it’s time we extend this care to artists and the broader community.
Jo Caust, Principal Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, raised an alarm bell on our current systems of value towards the arts. ‘What I’m really conscious of is that art and artists surround us but we don’t actually value either the practice or the artists significantly enough,’ she said.
