Curatorial Intensive Mumbai 2011

Independent Curators International (ICI), in collaboration with the Mohile Parikh Center (MPC), presents The Mumbai Curatorial Intensive in Mumbai, India.

This three–day Intensive, for 15 applicants selected by ICI and MPC, offers a forum on curatorial practice focused on contemporary art and geared toward the emerging professional curator. The program provides participants with an introduction to the field of contemporary curatorial practice today and the opportunity to set up a foundation for future curatorial work. Participants engage with current curatorial thinking in a critical environment that provides an international context for understanding contemporary art and exhibition-making today.

The Mumbai Curatorial Intensive consisted of two days of seminars, during which the selected participants attended closed-door lectures and discussions with experienced curators from ICI and other prominent professional curators invited from Asia and Europe. On the final day, a public forum of two-panel discussions is held, with professional curators from Asia, Europe, and North America, who discuss the pressing issues for contemporary curators.

This event emerged directly from the successful prior collaboration, What Is Curating? an intensive hands-on series of workshops organized by ICI and MPC in December 2010. These events fill a gap in the Indian contemporary art world, where no formal long-term academic training programs exist despite an active art scene.