Curating Challenging Histories: developing new curatorial approaches to addressing issues raised by histories and heritage

2020年，国民信托组织发布了一份报告，揭示了其财产与殖民主义和历史奴隶制的联系。这是信托基金会一系列举措中的最新举措，这些举措通常通过当代艺术项目来解决与其财产相关的具有挑战性的历史问题。在过去十年中，该基金会一直是最大的当代艺术专员，但围绕遗产中具有挑战性的历史策划项目的方法仍未得到充分研究。该项目将首次对“信任新艺术”（Trust New Art）进行批判性研究，并以此为基础，开展以实践为主导的研究，探讨如何通过当代项目最好地处理具有挑战性的历史。

In 2020 the National Trust published a report revealing its properties' connections to colonialism and historic slavery. This is the latest in a series of initiatives where the Trust has sought to address challenging histories associated with its properties, often through contemporary art programming. The Trust has been the largest commissioner of contemporary art in the last decade, yet approaches to curating programmes around challenging histories within heritage remain under-researched. This project will produce the first critical study of Trust New Art as a foundation for then undertaking practice-led research into how best to approach challenging histories through contemporary programming.