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Whose Muse? - Art Museums and the Public Trust

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Zusatztext "For any museum visitor these revelations of what the museum directors think of what we think of them are fascinating! and sometimes shocking." ---Maev Kennedy! Art Quarterly Informationen zum Autor James Cuno is President and Director of the Art Institute of Chicago; Philippe de Montebello is Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Glenn D. Lowry is Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Neil MacGregor is Director of the British Museum, London; John Walsh is Director Emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; and James N. Wood is Former President and Director of the Art Institute of Chicago. Klappentext "Clearly written and quite accessible, the papers in this volume will reinforce the traditional view of art museums held by many readers while also addressing recent challenges to the museum's legitimacy as a public institution." --Bruce J. Altshuler, Director, Program in Museum Studies, New York University Zusammenfassung During the economic boom of the 1990s, art museums expanded dramatically in size, scope, and ambition. They came to be seen as new civic centers: on the one hand as places of entertainment, leisure, and commerce, on the other as socially therapeutic institutions. But museums were also criticized for everything from elitism to looting or illegally exporting works from other countries, to exhibiting works offensive to the public taste. Whose Muse? brings together five directors of leading American and British art museums who together offer a forward-looking alternative to such prevailing views. While their approaches differ, certain themes recur: As museums have become increasingly complex and costly to manage, and as government support has waned, the temptation is great to follow policies driven not by a mission but by the market. However, the directors concur that public trust can be upheld only if museums continue to see their core mission as building collections that reflect a nation's artistic legacy and providing informed and unfettered access to them. The book, based on a lecture series of the same title held in 2000-2001 by the Harvard Program for Art Museum Directors, also includes an introduction by Cuno and a fascinating--and surprisingly frank--roundtable discussion among the participating directors. A rare collection of sustained reflections by prominent museum directors on the current state of affairs in their profession, this book is without equal. It will be read widely not only by museum professionals, trustees, critics, and scholars, but also by the art-loving public itself. ...

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Authors James Cuno, James B. (EDT)/ De Montebello Cuno
Assisted by James Cuno (Editor), Cuno James (Editor)
Publisher Princeton University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 03.10.2006
 
EAN 9780691127811
ISBN 978-0-691-12781-1
No. of pages 208
Dimensions 235 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques

ART / Museum Studies, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies

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