Overview
The art curating requires technical and management knowledge but also creativity and boldness.
In this course you will acquire the knowledge, know the methods and obtain work tools necessary for the realization of exhibitions.
Language: English.
Also available in: Español | Português.
The course fee includes 24-hour access for an unlimited time to:
- Lessons for each theme of the program
- Downloadable texts
- Explanatory videos
- Evaluation (1 final questionnaire)
- Certificate.
Learning objetives – Art curating online course
How it works
Course structure
- The work of art
- The exhibition of a work of art
- Museums
- Alternative exhibition spaces
- Five exhibitions that went down in history (and one that should not have happened)
- The curatorial activity: concepts and definitions
- The tasks of the curator
- The role of the art critic
- The Team
- Initial Planning
- Establish the theme / concept
- Define audiences
- Select the collection
- Designing an exhibition project
- The Assembly
- Assembly
Lighting
Circulation
Team training
- Assembly
- Communication with visitors
- Labels and panels
- Composition of texts
- Multimedia
- Signage
- Print media and Apps
- Preventive Conservation
- The Preventive Conservation
- Risk assessment methodology
- Contingency plan
- Evaluation
- Evaluation methodologies
- Assessment levels
- The Exhibitions in the digital age
- The Google Arts & Culture
- Digital Art
- Digital Exhibitions
Authors

Rute Ferreira
I am an art teacher with a background in theater, art history and museology. I’m also specialized in Distance Education and I work in basic education. I write regularly on the Citaliarestauro.com blog and the Dailyartmagazine.com. I firmly believe that the history of art is the true history of humanity.

Fátima Muralha
Graduated in History – Art History from the Universidade Nova of Lisbon. Post-Graduate in Management and Promotion of Heritage by the UAL. Specialised in Management of Cultural Projects. Various training courses and a specialisation course regarding Promoting Heritage, Conservation & Restoration, Museum studies and Vocational Training. Coordinator in multiple projects linked to Historical and Artistic Heritage, educational and vocational training projects in various entities. Author of several publications and communications. Creator and coordinator of the development of virtual content of the project: History | Art | Culture.
Reviews
Overall course evaluation – 4,7
(scale 1 to 5)