Join the Protest Against Forgetting: A Brief History of Curating‏

Throughout his 40-year career Walter Hopps (1933–2005) never succumbed to administrative logic or routine. His chronic lateness and near-mythic disappearing acts prompted employees at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., where he served as director in the 1970s, to make buttons reading walter hopps will be here in 20 minutes. 

The conversation will continue at walterhopps.com, log on to share stories about Walter Hopps and the other legendary curators in A Brief History of Curating, upload your button spottings to Flickr tagged "walterhopps" and join the Protest Against Forgetting at walterhopps.com.

Thanks to Richard Armstrong, Lionel Bovier, William Christenberry, Bice Curiger, Karen Constine, James Demetrion, Alexander Galan, Melissa Goldberg, Eric Hobsbawm, Erin Knutson, Karen Marta, Julia Peyton-Jones, Rachel Schwartz, Nancy Spector, Lorraine Two, Anton Vidokle, Sarah Williams, Christina Yang and curators everywhere that Walter Hopps's spirit has influenced.