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Why the Museum Matters

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel H. WeissSeries:Why X MattersPublish date:2/27/2024Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300276855ISBN-10:300276850UPC:9780300276855Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Museum Studies, Criticism & Theory, Business AspectsSize:7.60 x 4.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCQ7QERKAG
A powerful reflection on the universal art museum, considering the values critical to its history and anticipating its evolving place in our cultural future

Art museums have played a vital role in our culture, drawing on Enlightenment ideals in shaping ideas, advancing learning, fostering community, and providing spaces of beauty and permanence. In this thoughtful and often personal volume, Daniel H. Weiss contemplates the idea of the universal art museum alongside broad considerations about the role of art in society and what defines a cultural experience. The future of art museums is far from secure, and Weiss reflects on many of the difficulties these institutions face, from their financial health to their collecting practices to the audiences they engage to ensuring freedom of expression on the part of artists and curators.

In grappling with these challenges, Weiss sees a solution in shared governance. His tone is one of optimism as he looks to a future where the museum will serve a greater public while continuing to be a steward of culture and a place of discovery, discourse, inspiration, and pleasure. This poignant questioning and affirmation of the museum explores our enduring values while embracing the need for change in a rapidly evolving world.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300276855ISBN-10:300276850UPC:9780300276855Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Museum Studies, Criticism & Theory, Business AspectsSize:7.60 x 4.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCQ7QERKAG
Daniel H. Weiss is Homewood Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and president emeritus of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he served from 2015 to 2023. He is the author of In That Time: Michael O'Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam and Remaking College: Innovation and the Liberal Arts.
Publisher: Yale University Press

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