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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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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

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

Ms. Gadsby studied art history and curatorship at Australian National University in Canberra.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2018

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

From Forbes ● Mar. 28, 2013

Donner was the first full-time employee paid by the Smithsonian Institution for the curatorship of this Division.

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

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