Monthly Archive for August, 2010

Museum Journal – Become an Associate Editor

Published on August 31, 2010 in Journal and Newsletter. 0 Comments Tags: .

As part of the process of publishing The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum all submissions are sent for peer refereeing, prior to publication. Assessment, comments and guidance by the referees are an essential part of the publication process and invaluable to the authors of the submitted papers.

In recognition of the important role of referees, the international advisory board acknowledges all referees who have refereed papers as an ‘Associate Editor’ in the volume of the journal they have contributed to.

If you would like to referee papers submitted to The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, please email journals@onmuseums.com, with your professional details, areas of expertise and contact details. If we feel you are qualified and we require refereeing for papers within your expertise, we will contact you.

Architect Steven Holl: Paradise in Kansas City

Published on August 30, 2010 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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The American Folk Art Museum’s New Curator Problem — and Its Old Art-Space Problem

Published on August 27, 2010 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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From Jerry Saltz at New York Magazine…

The American Museum of Folk Art American Folk Art Museum is one of my favorite museums in America. It’s also one of my least favorites. I love the museum because it’s committed to showing so-called “outsider art,” which I would define as art so visionary that the “real” art world can’t process it without relegating it to this ridiculous niche. (All great art is visionary; all great artists are in some way self-taught.) I hate the museum because its horrendous building smothers the art and vision contained within. And now the institution faces a new challenge: Last week brought the sad, startling news that curator Brooke Davis Anderson has been snatched up as Deputy Director for Curatorial Planning at the ambitious Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In the last decade as AFAM’s curator, Anderson, a brilliant scholar, organized extraordinary exhibitions of Martin Ramirez, Henry Darger, and Adolf Wolfli — three of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Come September, LA’s gain will be New York’s loss. (This, by the way, makes the fourth such coup, after Anne Philbin leaving the Drawing Center to become Director of the Hammer, Michael Govan departing Dia to work as Director of LACMA, and Jeffrey Deitch being named Director of LA MoCA.) More…

Picasso in New York: We can’t get enough, it seems

Published on August 20, 2010 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

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From The Economist…

Get art out of the basements,” declared Eli Broad, a Los Angeles billionaire and art collector, to a conference of museum professionals in May. “With all the money being spent to store and conserve work,” he later told the Art Newspaper, “it doesn’t make sense economically or morally not to share it with the largest possible audience.”

Sage advice, particularly in these rough times for museums, when dusting off what’s in storage is far more appealing than coordinating a big and costly show.

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is already revelling in its decision to stage “Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art”, a magnificent in-house blockbuster we reviewed when it opened in April. The show featured hundreds of Picasso’s paintings, drawings, sculptures and ceramics from the Met’s permanent collection, most of which are typically hidden from public view. As my colleague said last week, Picasso had the Midas touch; new figures show that the exhibition drew over 703,000 visitors during its 17-week period, which ended on Sunday, making it the seventh most popular show at the museum since the Met began keeping track 50 years ago. Luring so many people to see works you’ve had all along must be like making a killing at a garage sale, but then keeping all the golf clubs, Nancy Drew paperbacks and lawn furniture. More…