"Curators have about the most complicated and daunting job in the art world; they are pulled apart by pressures to raise money, write, hunt out hot new artists and oversee acquisitions, while organizing shows that attract the public. Their value and responsibilities seem less and less understood by trustees, who are experiencing their own kind of pressures. But for the continued life of museums, biennials need to be laboratories, not annual reports. Familiarity doesn’t breed contempt; it reduces the capacity for risk and dulls the imagination."

Roberta Smith, NY Times, 'Life on Mars'