This essay argues that curating brought back a kind of leverage that redressed the otherwise imbalanced relationship between aesthetics and ethics. Curating lends out to art its innocent and aspirational belief in such a balance because the ethical concerns in art theory and art criticism have long been toned down while form was prioritized over content. Ever since the curatorial profession created its own niche in the art world—started, for example, in the West, in the late 1960s with curators such as Siegelaub, Szeemann, or Lippard—curating began to mediate this relationship, thus helping to activate the catalyst potential of art without having to compromise its formal aspects. More specifically, this essay explores the ways in which theories and practices of curating brought back to mind the ancient Greek notion of kalokagathia, the intertwinement of aesthetics and ethics and, with it, other ethical responsibilities, principles, and values that art forgot to address while giving privilege to its formal aspects.

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重返卡洛卡加西亚：在美学与伦理之间正在进行的对话中以策展为手段

本文认为，策展带回了一种手段，可以纠正美学与伦理之间原本不平衡的关系。策展有助于艺术以这种天真的和理想的信念实现这种平衡，因为长期以来，艺术理论和艺术批评中的伦理问题被淡化，而形式优先于内容。自从策展界在艺术界创造自己的利基市场（例如始于西方，1960年代后期，策展人如Siegelaub，Szeemann或Lippard）以来，策展开始调解这种关系，从而帮助激活了这种关系。催化剂的潜力，而不必牺牲其形式方面。更具体地说，本文探讨了策展的理论和实践使人们回想起古希腊文化的方式。Kalokagathia，美学与伦理的交织，以及艺术在赋予形式方面的特权时忘记了要解决的其他伦理责任，原则和价值观。