But its curatorial decision to have what amounted to a feel-good party rather than to trace a genealogy was a disappointment.

Rejecting Mr. Hadjadj's sculpture, she said, "was solely a curatorial decision."

I see the appearance of a conflict exists," Mr. Galligan added, "but no curatorial decision here has ever been influenced by the potential for gain.

But despite limitations in size (50 pieces) and some questionable curatorial decisions, it offers bare-bones guidelines for the more ambitious projects that one hopes will follow.

What was controversial were the terms of the plan, which would have granted her and her foundation inappropriate influence over curatorial decisions.

On the bright side, Breton, an ardent supporter of women as muses (rather than as artists), would probably have supported this curatorial decision.

O.K., corporate support doesn't necessarily mean corporate noodling in curatorial decisions.

The emphasis is probably a combination of curatorial decisions and the contents of the collections.

Here as elsewhere, curatorial decisions that seem intended to make a point are apt to do little more than bewilder the audience.

He also rejected contentions that he was taking over curatorial and programming decisions or punishing curators who were too independent.