When is a work of art truly finished?
In short: Explore the boundary between completion and intention in this professional workshop featuring curators from The Met. This session examines how artists from the Renaissance to the modern era have left works unresolved or intentionally incomplete.
In this blended learning program, curators Andrea Bayer and Kelly Baum lead a discussion on the evolving definition of a finished artwork. The session investigates pieces that were either abandoned by their creators or completed in ways that preserve their original state of incompletion.
The workshop is held alongside the exhibition Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, offering a deep dive into the tension between an artist's final intent and the visible traces of their process.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Educator Workshop Series Part I: Start, Stop, or Continue? Curatorial Perspectives
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