from The Guardian
Show it or offload it, museums told
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from The Telegraph
Shiny museums are not enough
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from Museums Association (UK)
Collections for the Future
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from The Guardian
Culture club
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Proving yet again that a brutally honest reflection of one's current situation is the best way forward to improve it. As reported in the above articles, the heritage sector in the UK has managed to confront its problems head on and in the process came up with some remarkable yet honest ideas.
from The Wall Street Journal
Guggenheim Tests the Limits of Generosity
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If and when (yet another) Guggenhiem satellite museum hits Singapore, one question which would stand out from everything else would be: "For whom?"
Guggenheim Tests the Limits of Generosity
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If and when (yet another) Guggenhiem satellite museum hits Singapore, one question which would stand out from everything else would be: "For whom?"
from ABC news
Microbes Show Exquisite Taste in Art
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The observed growth of microbes and fungi on Degas' wax models has been attributed in part to the stable environment found in the museum display and storage areas. Perhaps, having a fluctuating environment could be beneficial in terms of management of pest levels as they are disallowed to have an uninterrupted period of growth.
Microbes Show Exquisite Taste in Art
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The observed growth of microbes and fungi on Degas' wax models has been attributed in part to the stable environment found in the museum display and storage areas. Perhaps, having a fluctuating environment could be beneficial in terms of management of pest levels as they are disallowed to have an uninterrupted period of growth.
from The New York Times
With Irreverence and an iPod, Recreating the Museum Tour
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We are used to seeing people holding official audio guides wandering round the museums. How about getting an unofficial guide to the same museum exhibitions which, instead of a sonorous voice giving you facts which may be somewhat dry, you listen to a recorded exchange of a group of people discussing the art piece with pop music blaring in the background?
Dr David Gilbert and a group of his students have come up with an unauthorised audio guide to some artists' works in MoMA as a way to "hack the gallery experience" or "remix MoMa". They have also invited anyone interested to submit his or her own tour for inclusion on the project's Web site.
Interestingly, Dr. Gilbert said his larger point was to try to teach his students to stop being passive information consumers - whether through television, radio or an official audio guide - and to take more control. This goal of encouraging active information consumers seems a worthy one and it may be interesting to hear what intelligent remarks (hopefully) other museum-goers have to say about art but one can't help wondering, by encouraging people to listen to these podcasts, aren't the creators perpetuating passive information customers as well?
With Irreverence and an iPod, Recreating the Museum Tour
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We are used to seeing people holding official audio guides wandering round the museums. How about getting an unofficial guide to the same museum exhibitions which, instead of a sonorous voice giving you facts which may be somewhat dry, you listen to a recorded exchange of a group of people discussing the art piece with pop music blaring in the background?
Dr David Gilbert and a group of his students have come up with an unauthorised audio guide to some artists' works in MoMA as a way to "hack the gallery experience" or "remix MoMa". They have also invited anyone interested to submit his or her own tour for inclusion on the project's Web site.
Interestingly, Dr. Gilbert said his larger point was to try to teach his students to stop being passive information consumers - whether through television, radio or an official audio guide - and to take more control. This goal of encouraging active information consumers seems a worthy one and it may be interesting to hear what intelligent remarks (hopefully) other museum-goers have to say about art but one can't help wondering, by encouraging people to listen to these podcasts, aren't the creators perpetuating passive information customers as well?
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