In 2006, Marincola conceived and edited the anthology What Makes a Great Exhibition? (PEI and Reaktion Books), a collection of fourteen essays by curators and historians on questions related to curatorial practice and contemporary exhibition-making. Contributors include Lynne Cooke, Carlos Basualdo, Ralph Rugoff, Iwona Blazwick, Ingrid Schaffner, Mark Nash, Mary Jane Jacob, and Jeffrey Kipnis. Now in its fourth printing, the book was also made available as an e-book in 2015.
