The Courtauld is collaborating for the first time with the Roberts Institute of Art (RIA) in developing and staging a public exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, to be conceived and curated by students on the MA Curating the Art Museum programme.12
As a culmination of the twelve-month programme, students work with public collections to devise a theme for an exhibition, select works from the collections, and design and mount the exhibition, along with a related programme of events. This year, the exhibition will take place in The Courtauld Gallery’s Katja and Nicolai Tangen 20th Century Gallery from 24 May – 7 July 2024. It will include works from The Courtauld’s collection, and from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection.
The Roberts Institute of Art is a non-profit contemporary arts organisation. RIA commissions pioneering performance art, runs a residency programme in Scotland, collaborates with national partners on exhibitions and works to research and share the David and Indrė Roberts Collection.
Kate Davies, Director of RIA, said: “This collaboration goes to the heart of RIA’s mission as stewards of the David and Indrė Roberts Collection. We work to make the collection more publicly accessible so are delighted to be opening it up to The Courtauld’s MA students to research and interrogate. This partnership is also an opportunity for us bring new perspectives on the collection and fresh readings of it in dialogue with The Courtauld’s superlative collection. I am excited to see what the students develop.”
Martin Caiger-Smith, Head of the MA Curating the Art Museum at The Courtauld, said: “We are thrilled to enter into this new collaboration. RIA is an exemplary organisation, with a superb collection of contemporary art that complements and extends The Courtauld’s own collection. The annual MA Curating exhibition is a highlight of our programme this summer. Students are privileged to work with art of this calibre, and we wait the exhibition this summer with keen anticipation.”
Students are currently working on the concept and selection of artworks for the exhibition, which is to be finalised in March. Watch this space for further details!