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19%OFFNicholas Serota - Experience or Interpretation: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art (Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures) - 9780500282168 - 9780500282168
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Experience or Interpretation: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art (Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures)

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Description for Experience or Interpretation: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art (Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures) Paperback. An account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. It examines the relationship between the artist, the public and the curator, taking the reader into the artist's studio, and then on an international tour of museums, galleries and installations. Series: Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; GM; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 211 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
How do we see art? How is it displayed? One hundred years ago, art was shown in a way intended to educate. Galleries reflected the curator's view of history at the expense of differing opinions. Today, not only do museums and galleries celebrate these differences of expression, they also welcome the collaboration of living artists, promoting an active dialogue between the present and the past. Galleries and museums are no longer just repositories. They are sites of experience where the mind is often engaged as much as the eye. Here, Nicholas Serota presents a coherent ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500282168
SKU
9780500282168
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About Nicholas Serota
Sir Nicholas Serota, is the former director of the Tate galleries, who has taken up the part-time role of Chairman of the Arts Council since February 2017. He was knighted in 1999 and appointed a Companion of Honour in 2013 for services to art.

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