The first volume of Curators and Collections, published in 1997, was based on interviews and features in the quarterly review: Cv Journal of Art and Crafts (1988-92). Cv Journal recorded the launch of the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 1991, the construction of Tate Modern in 1997, as well as exploring special collections at The National Gallery, Courtauld Gallery, British Museum and Royal Photographic Society Bath. The book also contained a comprehensive guide to public and private collections in England, Scotland and Wales, which is revised and updated in this volume. The arena of the arts has radically transformed in the intervening years, with a tremendous growth in audiences for contemporary art. The study recognises the important role of private foundations and the influence of individual collectors, curators and gallerists in their independent initiatives.

Facsimile edition of Cv Journal of Art and Crafts reproduces number 3/1 1990 to 4/2 1991. Includes artist interviews, features and showcases of the fine and applied art of the time. The survey began in April 1988 as interviews with jewellers, fashion designers and furniture restorers, based at Old Loom House in Whitechapel, launching a quarterly review "Cv Journal of Art and Crafts". Cv Journal was published to 1991 and the collection of interviews, features and reviews provided the foundation of the Cv/Visual Arts Research archive and subsequent publications. Cv addresses the fields of academic research, galleries and museums worldwide, and a growing non-specialist readership. The programme is categorized as Interviews with the Artists; Curators and Collections; Crafts Directory; Small Histories; Guide to the Arts; Art, Criticism and Display and an open area for current developments. Titles are published in conventional book format and made by digital process as print on demand, as well as enooks and DVDs in Cv Publications' catalogue. "Guide to the Arts" contains a facsimile of eleven issues of Cv Journal published between 1988 and 1991; including interviews, features, showcases and reviews of the spectrum of activity in fine and applied art of the period.