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Tomorrow at 222 Bowery! The Third Annual Conference about Artist-Curated Exhibitions: a day of lectures on the curatorial practices of the artists Robert Gober and Raqs Media Collective, with Lucas Blalock (@lucasblalock ), John Yau, Xin Wang (@blancdexin ), and Monica Narula (@monixa ), a founding member of Raqs. Free with RSVP at the link in our bio. Saturday, May 16 2pm (Doors at 1:30pm) 2-3:30pm: Lecture on Robert Gober by Lucas Blalock Lecture on Robert Gober by John Yau Q&A moderated by Ray Camp and Christopher Gianunzio 4-5:30pm: Lecture on Raqs Media Collective by Xin Wang Lecture on Raqs Media Collective by Monica Narula (founding member of Raqs) Q&A moderated by Grace Harmer and Amy Yuanchen Qian This third annual forum was developed through a graduate course at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (@ccsbard ) led by Anthony Huberman, visiting faculty at CCS Bard, and was organized by Ray Camp (@raygunmfg ), Christopher Gianunzio (@christophergianunzio.zip ), Grace Harmer (@gracieharmer ), and Amy Yuanchen Qian (@amamyqqq ). Special thanks to Lauren Cornell and Mariano Lopez Seoane.

This Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 2pm (Doors at 1:30) Free with RSVP at the link in bio! Why do artists curate, and what happens to exhibitions when they do? Artists who take on curatorial roles often propose alternative ideas about what exhibitions are for and what they can do. Since everything at GPS is about artists supporting other artists, we convene an annual public forum about artist-curated exhibitions to provide new scholarship on this under-studied and under-historicized curatorial form. Rather than focusing on individual case studies, the third annual conference reflects on two artists whose curatorial practices are entwined with their artistic work: Robert Gober and Raqs Media Collective (@raqsmediacollective ). This third annual forum was developed through a graduate course at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (@ccsbard ) led by Anthony Huberman, visiting faculty at CCS Bard, and was organized by Ray Camp (@raygunmfg ), Christopher Gianunzio (@christophergianunzio.zip ), Grace Harmer (@gracieharmer ), and Amy Yuanchen Qian (@amamyqqq ). Special thanks to Lauren Cornell and Mariano Lopez Seoane. 2-3:30pm: Lecture on Robert Gober by Lucas Blalock (@lucasblalock ) Lecture on Robert Gober by John Yau Q&A moderated by Ray Camp and Christopher Gianunzio 4-5:30pm: Lecture on Raqs Media Collective by Xin Wang (@blancdexin ) Lecture on Raqs Media Collective by Monica Narula (@monixa ) (founding member of Raqs) Q&A moderated by Grace Harmer and Amy Yuanchen Qian Images: Robert Gober, Cows at a Pond: Art, Objects and Ephemera, Damisch Danant, New York, 2023; featuring John F. Kennedy, Sailboat Sketch, c. 1961. 11th Shanghai Biennale, Why Not Ask Again: Arguments, Counter-arguments, and Stories, curated by Raqs Media Collective, 2016; featuring Lee Mingwei, Our Labyrinth, 2015-ongoing. Rice grains, seeds, costume, dance.

“Useful Contaminants” curated by Grace Harmer, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artists: Erik DeLuca, Robbie Wing Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “Useful Contaminants” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Grace Harmer. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

Join us Friday, May 8, for the inaugural CCS Bard Method Camp! 11am - 4pm, Collection Teaching Gallery For the full symposium schedule, please visit the link in our bio. Participants: Lara Fresko Madra, Harris Feinsod, Jonathan González, Shannon Mattern, Dawn Chan, Suzanne Kite, Eugenie Tsai, and Jordan Weber. Organized by Mariano López Seoane. "CCS Bard Method Camp: Research" inaugurates a new annual symposium at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College dedicated to examining the foundational practices that shape curatorial work and its adjacent fields. Conceived as a space for reflection on method rather than outcome, this first edition focuses on research—not as a neutral or preliminary stage, but as a situated, generative, and often unruly practice that underpins artistic, curatorial, and scholarly production. Across disciplines, research names a wide spectrum of activities: observation, collection, speculation, verification, immersion, and translation. It may unfold systematically or intuitively, collaboratively or in isolation; it may take the form of archival excavation, fieldwork, embodied inquiry, or conceptual construction. Rather than stabilizing these differences, Method Camp approaches research as a set of evolving practices shaped by context, urgency, and desire. What does it mean to begin with a question? How does a line of inquiry take form, and for whom? At what point does research become legible—or deliberately resist legibility? This one-day symposium, organized by Mariano López Seoane, consists of two 90-minute panels bringing together artists, curators, and scholars. The program foregrounds case-based reflections on process, offering insight into the intellectual, material, and affective dimensions of research across fields. Image: Anne Collier, “Despair,” 2005. Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Gift of Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg. Courtesy of the artist; Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Galerie Neu, Berlin; Gladstone Gallery, Brussels; and The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow.

“False Sponsor” curated by Ray Camp, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artists: Abigail Raphael Collins, Sophie Kovel, Julia Weist Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “False Sponsor” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Ray Camp. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

“We made it up to remember …” curated by Amy Yuanchen Qian, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artists: He Zike, Ma Qiusha Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “We made it up to remember …” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Amy Yuanchen Qian. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

“Assume Form,” curated by Emily Nola, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artist/Participants: Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Lendl Barcelos, Oneohtrix Point Never, 0rphan Drift, Sadie Plant Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “Assume Form,” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Emily Nola. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

“part of being alive,” curated by Christopher Gianunzio, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artist/Participant Names: Sara Cwynar, Arthur Jafa, Mike Kelley, Carmen Winant Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “part of being alive,” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Christopher Gianunzio. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

“Full Tilt,” curated by Devon Ma, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artist: Jonathan González Performer: Marguerite Hemmings Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “Full Tilt,” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Devon Ma. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026. Performance Photos: Michael Valiquette, 2026.

“Anne Healy: Logic of Intuition,” curated by Lila Gould, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artist: Anne Healy Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “Anne Healy: Logic of Intuition,” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Lila Gould. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

“Maria Auxiliadora Silva: Imprinted in My Mind,” curated by Bruna Grinsztejn, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artist: Maria Auxiliadora Silva Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “Maria Auxiliadora Silva: Imprinted in My Mind,” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Bruna Grinsztejn. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

On Monday, April 27th, Carlos Motta will deliver The Keith Haring Lecture in Art and Activism. This event is open to the Bard community. Classroom 102, 5pm. “Keeping Time: Performance and Endurance Amid Political Erasure” The current political moment demands that we confront systems designed to silence dissent, control narratives, and restrict what can be explored and discussed in our work. In Keeping Time: Performance and Endurance Amid Political Erasure, Motta will show how embodied practices, durational works, and subtle performative gestures in his recent projects counteract the political and administrative erasure of marginalized communities by insisting on presence, continuity, and relational accountability. Carlos Motta is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores sexuality, gender, and power through historical research and collaborative practice. In 2024, Motta presented "Gravidade (Gravity)" at Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, and participated in Disobedience Archive, a project by Marco Scotini at La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. His mid-career survey "Carlos Motta: Pleas of Resistance" was presented at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) in 2025 and will travel to OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz in 2026. The Keith Haring Chair in Art and Activism is made possible through a grant from the Keith Haring Foundation. The Keith Haring Chair is a cross-disciplinary, annual, visiting faculty appointment for a scholar, activist, or artist to teach and conduct research at both the Center for Curatorial Studies and the Human Rights Project at Bard College. The Keith Haring Chair in Art and Activism was established to allow a distinguished leader in the field to investigate the role of art as a catalyst for social change, linking the two programs and presenting original research in an annual lecture. For more information, please visit the link in our bio.