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Pratt Manhattan Gallery
Pratt Manhattan Gallery supports the educational goals of Pratt Institute by presenting exhibitions that reflect the interdisciplinary, research- and inquiry-based education that prepares Pratt students for success in creative fields and professional practice.
West 14th Street
New York, NY
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Hours: Monday &#; Saturday 11 AM &#; 6 PM
The Pratt Manhattan Gallery is closed on Sundays and the following holidays in
November , (Thanksgiving)
December 23, –January 2, (Winter Break)
January 20, (Martin Luther King)
May 26, (Memorial Day)
July , (Independence Day)
September 1, (Labor Day)
ADMISSION IS FREE.
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Current Exhibition
Black Dress II: Homage
Curated by Adrienne Jones & Rachelle Etienne-Robinson
January 31 &#; March 22,
Public Reception: Friday, February 7, , pm
Marking 10 years since the original Black Dress exhibition
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Events
2 F M – Long Friday
6 – 8 pm
Guided tour and after-work drinks every 2nd Friday at Haus am Waldsee
At 6 pm an Art Guide will guide you through the current exhibition Gisèle Vienne. This Causes Consciousness to Fracture - A Puppet Play and our café fryst vatten looking forward to welcoming you with a fire bowl outside and after work drinks.
Opening: Ull Hohn. Revisions
For Ull Hohn painting was more than just an artistic medium – it was a space where discourse, technique, and anställda reflections intertwined. At a time when painting was often seen as an exhausted medium, Hohn initiated a renewal that emerged from the practice itself. In his works from the late s and early s, Hohn explored the intersection of formal and political questions, exploring sexuality and the body. He experimented with painterly forms that navigated between mass media appropriation and the tension between virtuosity and amateurism, opening painting up for self-reflection.
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A brief history of the word ‘curator’
Once solely employed to describe the exhibition maker, now it's used for anyone from a celebrity music festival programmer to a Williamsburg hipster with an iTunes account. British Art Show curator Tom Morton talks us through the origins of the most overused word of modern times
A very short history of the word 'curator' might run as follows. In Ancient Rome, curatores were senior civil servants in charge of various departments of public works, overseeing the Empire's aqueducts, bathhouses and sewers. Fast forward to the medieval period, and we encounter the curatus, a priest devoted to the care (or 'cura') of souls.
By the end of the 20th century, 'curator' came to describe a broad category of exhibition makers, from museum employees who spend years working on modest, scrupulously researched displays of Sumerian pottery, to freelancers who approach large scale Biennales of contemporary art as an opportunity