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One comment, coming into the conversation way late... Alessandro (as well as others) brought up work in editorial capacities, and it seems to me, as someone who has also operated as editor/artist/curator in various forums, that curating can easily be thought of as an editorial activity. And for anyone who has ever read an edited compilation or anthology (esp academic texts), such books are practically guaranteed to contain work by the editor(s). Artists who curate (at least those i know), almost exclusively organize shows/ events around topics that are extremely close to, if not completely derivative of, their own work and interests as an artist. In the (idealistic) end, i think the goal is to generate discourse and conversation about something. Professionalism (or careerism, if you will) that involves self-promotion and nepotism certainly can't be ignored as a problematic. But that doesn't seem like something a curator/artist should be that worried about from a creative perspective. The career CV police can catch the redundancy if it's there. But to couch this discussion in the language of "ethics" seems a bit dramatic. What's really at stake here? Happy New Year, ryan