Curators, the custodians and carers of artworks and artifacts, were once the invisible hand behind art exhibitions. They not only cared for art collections but also chose the artworks for display, decided where and how to display artworks, and sometimes provided the research texts to accompany an exhibition. Typically, their actual name, if present at all, was very discreet; a credit in an exhibition catalogue, perhaps. All of this changed in the 1990s. The proliferation of contemporary art venues, biennales, and other events required someone to stage manage and coordinate the display of art. The “independent curator” filled this role. Today, the curator still functions behind the scenes but now, like the artist, he is named and recognized as a creative worker. In our next session of Making & Meaning Conversation we will discuss what this change in the Art World means by considering two inseparable questions: What does the curator do for the artist? And, what does the artist do for the curator?