What are the key issues facing art museums today|essay
Using the readings below for support, answer this question:
What are the key issues facing art museums today? What are the historical roots of the Western museum? What can be gained as museums change and adapt, and what is at risk of being lost? -discuss Schubert’s essay and apply his critique to LACMA -discuss Jewsiewicki’s essay and consider what alternatives emerge when museums respond to their specific cultural context -discuss Wong’s essay and consider how the growth of museums in China reflect the tension between the museum as a symbol and a museum’s actual substance
Note: for full credit, your essay needs to refer to ALL of the sources listed below. You do not need to memorize direct quotes, and you do not need to provide page numbers. Instead, be able to accurately paraphrase or summarize the author’s points that are relevant to your argument. Be sure that you credit the author in your essay when you refer to their points.
Karsten Schubert, “Democracy of Spectacle: The Museum Revisited,” The Curator’s Egg, 2nd ed., 2009.
Bogumil Jewsiewicki, “Museums for the People? Two Joint Projects for Haiti and the Congo” in Contemporary Art and the Museum: A Global Perspective (Peter Weibel, Andrea Buddensieg, eds., 2007)
Winnie Wong, “Arresting Development: Winnie Wong on China’s museum boom,” ARTFORUM, Nov. 2015
