The People's Glossary

Welcome to The People’s Glossary

 

The People’s Glossary is a resource that explores how language is used when we talk about contemporary art

 

Use this website to search keywords, add your own words and meanings, and help build a glossary

To reflect some of the workshops that took place during the project, words are grouped into three categories.

By placing words in different categories, we questioned their relevance in the collection at Tate Liverpool.

Words to discuss
Words to keep
Words to suspend

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