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What are the most reputable M.A. programs for contemporary art history and/or curatorial studies?

  • I'm interested in pursuing a career in museum work, most likely curatorial. My interest is primarily in modern and contemporary art history and criticism. I know it is important to have a Master's degree, but I'm not sure where to begin my search for programs. The only program I know is definitely reputable in the specific area of my interest is Columbia's MA in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies, if that gives you a sense of what I'm looking for. USC and UBC both have programs that look like what I'm interested in, but I have no idea what their reputation is in the field. Something else to consider would be art history graduate programs at art schools, such as SAIC or SFAI. Thank you!

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    Williams College has one.  Can't vouch for the program, but all art history courses I took there were really great.

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Counterpoint:  Museum experience / internships are at least as important as an MA in furthering a museum career. Do you live in a city where you can contact contemporary-art curators in a museum for informational interviews?  If so, I predict that you might receive a range of answers about which programs are the best. There's Bard and the Whitney ISP: This is a great website:  http://curating.info/ You can gauge reputation from articles like these but reputation only goes so far: http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?pagina=articolo_det&id_art=440&det=ok&title=CURATORIAL-SCHOOLS http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/arts/11iht-rartcurating11.html?_r=0

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