Publications
Standard Contract for Curators
The Swedish Curators’ Association is now launching the first version of a standard contract with suggested rates for curators – a practical tool that clarifies assignments, terms, and compensation. The need for a shared template has long been requested by our members, and its development has taken place in close dialogue with both institutions and legal experts.
The contract aims to strengthen the professional role of curators, promote transparency, and provide better conditions for collaboration between curators and art institutions. It also represents an important step towards a future industry standard and a clearer framework for curatorial work.
The contracts are available below in Swedish, with an English translation to follow.
Bringing Art to Audiences – Curators’ Working Conditions in Sweden
The report, conducted by the Swedish Curators’ Association during the winter of 2022-2023, was based on a comprehensive survey addressing the working conditions, needs, and demands of professional curators active in Sweden. Its primary objective was to provide an initial assessment of the professional environment faced by curators. The findings aim to deepen understanding of curators’ roles and working conditions, while also serving as a foundation for the association’s continued efforts to advocate for and support the curatorial profession.
The report is available in Swedish, below:
Alba Baeza: On Curating
Curator Alba Baeza has contributed an insightful and immersive text on the challenges and conditions of curatorial practice, written exclusively for the association.
Other Organisations
Norsk Kuratorforening
The Norwegian Association of Curators
SKY Suomen Kuraattorien Yhdistys
The Finnish Society for Curators
UKK
Organisation for Artists, Curators and Art Mediators, Denmark
The Association of Curators in Iceland
SÍM
The Association of Icelandic Artists
AAC Austrian Association of Curators
C | E | A
French Curators Association
IKT
International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art
aamc
The Association of Art Museum Curators
ICI
Independent Curators International
CIMAM
CIMAM – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art
ICOM
ICOM – International Council of Museums
AICA
AICA – International Association of Art Critics
AICA Sweden
AICA Sweden, Svenska Konstkritikersamfundet
DIK (Dokumentation, Information, Kultur)
Fackförbundet för kultur, kommunikation och kreativ sektor
CPR
Fully funded research programs with a socially conscious network of artists and curators.
Other Resources
Nordic Curators United
FB
A Facebook group for Curators within the Nordic hemisphere
Silence is Violence
Silence is Violence: Artists and cultural workers in Sweden in solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Curators’ Dream Contract, Dream Contract for Curators
This document was developed by the Norwegian Association of Curators in collaboration with participants of the MA Curatorial Practice programme at the University of Bergen and UKS (Young Artists’ Society), Oslo. It provides guidelines for freelance curators and others who may find it useful, and can be freely shared in print, online, or otherwise.
‘The Phenomenon of the Swedish Curators’ Association’ by Sona Stepanyan
Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Master thesis, International Masters’ Program in Curating Art, Stockholm University
https://www.coerk.com/
‘Circuits of Experiences, Research and Knowledges‘, was a four-day curatorial conference held in Bergen in June 2025, bringing together international curators, artists, and educators.
Organised in a moment marked by the dismantling of institutional structures, it explored how curatorial and educational practices can create new forms of gathering and exchange
https://curatingdegreezero.org
Curating Degree Zero Archive is an evolving archive of critical curatorial practices, initiated in the early 2000s by Dorothee Richter and Barnaby Drabble.
As an open and shifting platform, it brings together dispersed materials and makes them accessible for research, reflection, and practice.