The audience as agency: critics, curators, publics and changing reception

What this note covers

1. Who counts as an audience
2. Audiences are produced, not found
3. Institutions and gatekeepers: galleries, biennales, prizes, markets
4. Critics and historians as the audience function
5. Reception over time: revaluation, reattribution, restitution
6. Participatory, relational and online audiences
7. How this is examined, and what separates a top-band answer

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes