Collecting the New
Museums and Contemporary Art
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2007
Summary
Collecting the New is the first book on the questions and challenges that museums face in acquiring and preserving contemporary art. Because such art has not yet withstood the test of time, it defies the traditional understanding of the art museum as an institution that collects and displays works of long-established aesthetic and historical value. By acquiring such art, museums gamble on the future. In addition, new technologies and alternative conceptions of the artwork have created spec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691133737 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691133735 |
| Author: | Bruce Altshuler |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 28g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“In this volume of thoughtful essays, curators, conservators, scholars, and others in the museum world address how institutions should collect, exhibit, and care for the new art… [T]he essays by seasoned professionals bring a new dimensions to the museum-going experience.”–Ann Landi, ArtNews “This book is a sensitively-edited collection of twelve essays (including a historical introduction by the editor), which addresses the complexity of the problems and issues that Western museums confront in dealing with contemporary art today. With its selection of diverse and intriguing case studies and specific focus on the contemporary art scene, it is an important and welcome addition to one of the primary fields of museum studies concerning the significance of collecting and collections for museums.”–Masaaki Morishita, Museum and Society
About The Author
Bruce Altshuler
Bruce Altshuler is Director of the Program in Museum Studies at New York University and former Director of the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, New York. His books include The Avant-Garde in Exhibition: New Art in the 20th Century and Isamu Noguchi.
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