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

2020年，国家信托基金发布了一份报告，揭示了其财产与殖民主义和历史奴隶制的联系。这是一系列举措中的最新举措，信托基金寻求解决与其财产相关的挑战性历史，通常通过当代艺术节目。在过去的十年里，该信托基金一直是当代艺术的最大委托人，但围绕遗产中具有挑战性的历史策划方案的方法仍然研究不足。该项目将产生第一个信任新艺术的批判性研究作为基础，然后进行实践为主导的研究如何最好地通过当代编程接近具有挑战性的历史。

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.