This is the penultimate manuscript of an essay published in Cautionary Tales: Critical Curating, which is available in the library of Asia Art Archive (Location code: REF.RAS5).

The essay elaborates on the critical breakthroughs and contextual readings of the history of curation around the world since the 1960s, touching upon exhibitions such as 'Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form: Works-Concepts-Processes-Situations-Information' curated by Harald Szeeman in 1969, La Bienal de Habana in 1986, 'Magiciens de la Terre' curated by Jean-Hubert Martin in 1989, 'Contemporary Art of Asia: Tradition/Tensions' curated by Apinan Poshyananda in 2006, Documenta X by Catherine David in 1997, Documenta 11 by Okwui Enwezor in 2002, and others.