Following the bestseller from 2007 Curating Subjects Open Editions (London) and de Appel arts centre (Amsterdam) publish the companion: Curating and the Educational Turn. Edited by Paul O’Neill & Mick Wilson In recent years there has been increased debate about the incorporation of pedagogy into art and curatorial practice – about what has been termed ‘the educational turn’. In this follow up volume to the critically acclaimed Curating Subjects, artists, curators, critics and academics respond to this widely recognised sense of art’s paradigmatic re-orientation towards the educational. Consisting primarily of newly commissioned texts, from interviews and position statements to performative texts and dialogues, Curating and the Educational Turn also includes a small number of previously published writings that have proved pivotal in the debate so far. This anthology presents an essential enquiry for anyone interested in the cultural politics of production at the intersections of art, curating, and educational praxis. Text contributions by: 16 Beaver Group Peio Aguirre Dave Beech David Blamey & Alex Coles Daniel Buren & Wouter Davidts Cornford & Cross Charles Esche Annie Fletcher & Sarah Pierce Liam Gillick Janna Graham Tom Holert William Kaizen Hassan Khan Annette Krauss, Emily Pethick, & Marina Vishmidt Stewart Martin Ute Meta Bauer Marion von Osten & Eva Egermann Andrea Phillips Raqs Media Collective Irit Rogoff Edgar Schmitz Simon Sheikh Sally Tallant Jan Verwoert Anton Vidokle Tirdad Zolghadr ISBN: 978-0-949004-18-5 Soft board cover with dust jacket 215 x 115 x 25mm 348pp English For BOOK ORDERS UK and worldwide http://www.openeditions.com, email: orders@openeditions.com For the Netherlands http://www.deappel.nl email: bookshop@deappel.nl Book Launch: In Amsterdam the book will be launched by de Appel arts centre in collaboration with VU University on Wednesday March 31, 8-10 pm, with the public discussion: ‘You Talkin’ to Me? Why are Artists and Curators Turning to Education?’ including speakers Mélanie Bouteloup (Betonsalon Paris) Binna Choi (Casco), Wouter Davidts (VU University), Sonia Dermience (The Public School Brussels), Annie Fletcher (Van Abbemuseum), Hassan Khan (artist), Paul O’Neill (editor), Edgar Schmitz (artist), Mick Wilson (editor) at the VU University, De Boelelaan 1105 (Auditorium 12A00, 12th floor, main building). Project Supported by: The Graduate School of Creative Arts & Media (http://www.gradcam.ie), Dublin; The International Curators Forum (http://www.internationalcuratorsforum.org.uk), Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England; de Appel arts centre (http://www.deappel.nl); Situations, University of the West of England (http://www.situations.org.uk); Great Western Research (http://www.greatwesternresearch.ac.uk), Faculty of Arts, Graduate School of the Humanities, VU University Amsterdam (http://www.vu.nl).