Course: Gallery Service II

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Course title Gallery Service II
Course code KDT/FU089
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Imr Mráziková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Machová Adéla, MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Non-profit sector in the field of visual arts presentation. 2. Types of organizational structures of non-profit institutions. 3. Grant opportunities for the non-profit sector and their development since 1989. 4. Art market - basic concepts. 5. Private galleries in the Czech Republic and abroad. 6. Meeting with a collector - excursion/lecture. 7. Sale of artworks - auctions, art fairs. 8. Visit to a successful artist's studio. 9. Skutek Society and its activities - debate. 10. Excursion - visit to a selected independent gallery. 11. Colloquium - presentation and analysis of final theses.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course introduces the methods of functioning of galleries and art institutions in the context of Czech exhibition operations with regard to on world events. In the summer semester, the course focuses not only on the analysis of the non-profit exhibition area, but also on the private gallery sector, on the issues of the art market and collecting. An important part of the course is also familiarization with the possibilities of support and financial provision of such organizations and associations. The course is divided evenly into a theoretical part and seminars of a more practical nature associated with visits and presentations of specific personalities or institutions.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughtout the semestr 2. Active participation in the Studio tutoring
Recommended literature
  • CAMERON, L. Curating Art Now. Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2022.
  • Kesner, L. ml. Muzeum umění v digitální době. Argo a NG, Praha, 2000.
  • KOTTOVÁ, K. Instituce a divák. Praha, Display, 2020.
  • LINDEMANN, A. Collecting Conntemporary Art. Köln, 2010.
  • MURAWSKI, M. Museums as Agents of Change: A Guide to Becoming a Changemaker (American Alliance of Museums).. American Alliance of Museums, 2021.
  • PACHMANOVÁ, M. (ed.). Mít a být. Sběratelství jako kumulace, recyklace a obsese. 2008.
  • SVATOŠOVÁ, D.; MORGANOVÁ, P.; NEKVINDOVÁ, T. (eds.). Výstava jako médium. České umění 1957-1999. AVU, Praha, 2020.
  • THOMPSON, D. Oranžový balonkový pejsek. Kniha Zlín, 2018.
  • ZÁLEŠÁK, J. Umění spolupráce, VVP-AVU, Praha. Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2011.


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