What makes a great exhibition? / Paula Marincola, editor

Contributor(s):

Marincola, Paula [ed.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Questions of practicePublication details: Philadelphia, PA : The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, cop. 2015Description: 184 p. : il. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780970834614

Subject(s):

Contents:

Conté: Introduction: Practice Makes Perfect / Paula Marincola -- Show and Tell / Robert Storr -- Lieu of Higher Ground / Lynne Cooke -- You Talking To Me? On Curating Group Shows that Give You a Chance to Join the Group / Ralph Rugoff -- The Unstable Institution / Carlos Basualdo -- With Our Faces to the Rising Sun / Thelma Golden with Glenn Ligon -- Mies’s New National Gallery : Empty and Full / Detlef Mertins -- Design and Architecture / Paola Antonelli interviewed by Bennett Simpson -- Who’s afraid of gift-wrapped kazoos?/ Jeffrey Kipnis -- Handy-Crafts: A Doctrine / Glenn Adamson -- Temple/White Cube/Laboratory / Iwona Blazwick -- Making Space for Art / Mary Jane Jacob -- Questions of Practice / Mark Nash -- Wall Text / Ingrid Schaffner -- Afterword / Marian Godfrey -- Acknowledgments / Paula Marincola

Summary: "For better or worse, museums are changing from forbidding bastions of rare art into audience-friendly institutions that often specialize in “blockbuster” exhibitions designed to draw crowds. But in the midst of this sea change, one largely unanswered question stands out: “What makes a great exhibition?” Some of the world’s leading curators and art historians try to answer this question here, as they examine the elements of a museum exhibition from every angle.What Makes a Great Exhibition? investigates the challenges facing American and European contemporary art in particular, exploring such issues as group exhibitions, video and craft, and the ways that architecture influences the nature of the exhibitions under its roof. The distinguished contributors address diverse topics, including Studio Museum in Harlem director Thelma Golden’s examination of ethnically-focused exhibitions; and Robert Storr, director of the 2007 Venice Biennale and formerly of the Museum of Modern Art, on the meaning of “exhibition and “exhibitionmaker.”A thought-provoking volume on the practice of curatorial work and the mission of modern museums, What Makes A Great Exhibition? will be indispensable reading for all art professionals and scholars working today" -- Pàgina web editorial

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés	06 WHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1900089924

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"For better or worse, museums are changing from forbidding bastions of rare art into audience-friendly institutions that often specialize in “blockbuster” exhibitions designed to draw crowds. But in the midst of this sea change, one largely unanswered question stands out: “What makes a great exhibition?” Some of the world’s leading curators and art historians try to answer this question here, as they examine the elements of a museum exhibition from every angle.What Makes a Great Exhibition? investigates the challenges facing American and European contemporary art in particular, exploring such issues as group exhibitions, video and craft, and the ways that architecture influences the nature of the exhibitions under its roof. The distinguished contributors address diverse topics, including Studio Museum in Harlem director Thelma Golden’s examination of ethnically-focused exhibitions; and Robert Storr, director of the 2007 Venice Biennale and formerly of the Museum of Modern Art, on the meaning of “exhibition and “exhibitionmaker.”A thought-provoking volume on the practice of curatorial work and the mission of modern museums, What Makes A Great Exhibition? will be indispensable reading for all art professionals and scholars working today" -- Pàgina web editorial

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