curatorship

American  

[kyoor-ay-ter-ship, kyoor-ay-, kyoor-uh-ter] / kjʊrˈeɪ tərˌʃɪp, ˈkjʊər eɪ-, ˈkjʊər ə tər /

noun

• curatorships
  plural

1. the role, position, or duties of a curator.

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• curatorships
  plural

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In April this year, a judge placed Delon under "reinforced curatorship", meaning he no longer had full freedom to manage his assets.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2024

Although their merger will achieve economies of scale, the partners said finances were not the driving force, that they were motivated by a shared belief in exhibitions, research and curatorship.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

Szeemann expanded on “Attitudes” with his curatorship of “Documenta 5,” the 1972 edition of the every-five-year granddaddy of international roundup exhibitions, in Kassel, then in West Germany.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019

But Palace Pompadour, he says, is his crowning achievement, a curatorship born of kismet.

From Forbes ● Mar. 28, 2013

He was a pioneer in the field of health museums and during his curatorship had developed a moribund section into a Division of field-wide importance.

From History of the Division of Medical Sciences United States National Museum Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 43, 1964 by Sami Khalaf Hamarneh

Many of these curatorships were instituted by Augustus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various