EXHIBITIONS. Curatorship, Design and Spaces

The postgraduate course is aimed at people with a university education or professional experience in creative and cultural fields such as design, architecture, art, history of art, humanities, anthropology, sociology, communication and the media, or arts management. It is also an option for anyone with a sensitivity and interest who want to complement their knowledge in the conception of spaces, content creation and experience and exhibition design.

• Exhibition design.
• Interpretation centers space design.
• Design and management of artistic installations in urban space. 
• Curatorship projects for ephemeral events like festivals, seminars or congresses.
• Curatorship for exhibitions in museums and other cultural institutions.
• Exhibition spaces development consultant.
• Heritage curatorship projects consultant.
• Mediation in the development of educational activities and public programs.

• To offer the main currents of thought in the curatorial practice environment and their application to the different areas of culture.
• To provide the conceptual and technical elements to plan projects of interaction with the space, based on a combined vision between the curating, design and creation of innovation environments.
• To provide tools for the research, creation, planning, management, design and execution of the processes before and after the materialisation of specific proposals.
• To learn by being part of an interdisciplinary platform to tackle the complexity of undertaking projects in real contexts.
• To know the most innovative experiences in the creation of interactive spaces, and the configuration of production and intermediation processes that have an effect and that also transcend their configurations in the space.
• To connect participants in the art, design and contemporary architecture circuits related to the exhibition event.

The postgraduate course is divided into four sections: Research Seminars, Case Studies, Talks and Project.

Both in the Case Studies and in the Talks, the postgraduate diploma tackles the contents from a series of central themes that are determined in collaboration with, and with the participation of, a number of collaborating institutions. The aim is to be able to relate the postgraduate diploma to lines of work that are active.

Module 1. Research seminars – (9 ECTS)

The Research Seminars module investigates and constructs the foundations for conceiving and organising exhibitions. Students work on the conceptualisation and development of the exhibition project, research methodologies and the creation of narrative structures; they analyse the aspects related to the exhibition space and its interactive dynamic with the public, as well as other formats for the organisation of parallel activities and educational programmes.

It is comprised of the following sections:

• Foundations of curating and narrative practice
• The exhibition space as an element of interaction
• Elements for mediation

Module 2. Case studies – (9 ECTS)

The Case Studies module consists of involving the student in specific cases, in which situations are given that have to be solved within the framework of the complexity of elements that are involved. The module is done with the collaboration of institutions in Barcelona that schedule exhibitions and cultural activities from different starting points. Specifically for this edition, we have the collaboration of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona and CCCB.

Through a series of case studies linked to these collaborating institutions, students are able to analyse in depth the various fields and agents that take part in them. The starting point of the sessions are exhibitions that have already been done or that are currently under way, and features the participation of roles such as the curator, the artists (understood as creators-producers, etc.), the designer, the mediator, and people connected with the institutional context.

Based on the case studies, the participants have to obtain experience and practice in curating, critical reflection and the design of spaces. The module includes guided tours, lectures, round tables and interviews outside the classroom.

It is organised as follows:

• Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya case study. Historical or themed discourse exhibitions with original work.
• Museu del Disseny de Barcelona case study.
• CCCB case study.

Module 3. Talks – (6 ECTS)

The Conversations module is structured on the basis of dialogue and debate sessions with invited specialists, and subsequent workshop sessions in which the concepts discussed with the guests are worked on. The participants in each edition vary according to the lines of work proposed. These lines of work are configured within the programme "The Curatorial Imagination".

How can we narrate the production of ideas, mental images, concepts and dreams in the curatorial field? What kind of production are we referring to when we talk about the Imagination in a field as specific as that of exhibition creation, where multiple forms of creativity overlap and where hospitality, negotiation, mediation and budget are generally determining factors?

How can we imagine new collective gestures, ephemeral communities of things and never-before-seen uses of institutional space? How can feminist, post-colonial and critical impulses redefine the way we produce mental material? Several curators will answer these questions, or variations of them, and talk about their practice.

Guest speakers in the 2020- 2021 edition:

• Yasmil Raymond, rector Städelschule and director Portikus, Frankfurt-amMain.
• Andrea Rodríguez Novoa, curator and co-founder BAR Project, Barcelona.
• María Bolaños, Director of the National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid.
• Aimé Iglesias Lukin, director and curator, Americas Society, New York.
• Dorothée Dupuis, founder and director, Terremoto, Mexico City.
• Inés López-Quesada and Silvia Ortiz, co-founders and directors, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid & Mexico City.

Module 4. Project – 6 ECTS Credits

The module that consists of the production of a curating project, exhibition design or mediation project that responds to a motivation and to the student’s independent work. The aim is to produce a final postgraduate project that the student will have to carry out from the second part of the academic year with the tutored mentoring of one of the teachers taking part. The presentation of this project will be made public on completion of the postgraduate course.

5% discount for: 

• EINA students and alumni.
• UAB Alumni

10% discount for:

• Members of the Association of Museologists of Catalonia (AMC)
• Members of the Association of Professionals of Valencian Illustration (APIV)
• Members of the Catalan Association of Art Critics (ACCA)
• Members of the Professional Association of Illustrators of Catalonia (APIC)

- Consult the fees for all UAB-specific studies (Masters, Postgraduate and UAB courses

One-time payment option: 

• 100% at the time of acceptance (payment must be made within 10 days of acceptance to guarantee the reservation of the place)  

Fractionated payment option: 

• 50% at the time of acceptance (payment must be made within 10 days of acceptance to guarantee the reservation of the place) 
• 50%: before 15 days before the start of the course

For further details check on academic info.