Bishop writes, "An effect of this insistent promotion of these ideas as artists-as-designer, function over contemplation, and open-endedness over aesthetic resolution is often ultimately to enhance the status of the curator, who gains credit for stage-managing the overall laboratory experience. As Hal Foster warned in the mid-1990s, 'the institution may overshadow the work that it otherwise highlights: it becomes the spectacle, it collects the cultural capital, and the director-curator becomes the star.'"
Bishop notes, "The emphasis on artists-as-designers, function over contemplation, and open-endedness over aesthetic resolution tends to enhance the curator's role. This can lead to the institution overshadowing the work it otherwise highlights: it transforms into a spectacle, accumulates cultural capital, and the director-curator becomes the star. Hal Foster warned about this phenomenon in the mid-1990s."