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Title: Culture Strike
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Subtitle: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest
ISBN-10: 1839767839
EAN: 9781839767838
ISBN: 9781839767838
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date: 26/09/2023
Description: In an age of protest, culture and museums have come under fire. Protests of museum funding (for example, the Metropolitan Museum accepting Sackler family money) and boards (for example, the Whitney appointing tear gas manufacturer Warren Kanders)--to say nothing of demonstrations over exhibitions and artworks--have roiled cultural institutions across the world, from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to the Akron Art Museum. At the same time, never have there been more calls for museums to work for social change, calls for the emergence of a new role for culture.

As director of the Queens Museum, Laura Raicovich helped turn that New York municipal institution into a public commons for art and activism, organizing high-powered exhibitions that were also political protests. Then in January, 2018, she resigned, after a dispute with the Queens Museum board and city officials became a public controversy--she had objected to the Israeli government using the museum for an event featuring vice president Mike Pence.

In this book, Raicovich explains some of the key museum flashpoints, and she also provides historical context for the current controversies. She shows how art museums arose as colonial institutions bearing an ideology of neutrality that masks their role in upholding capitalist values. And she suggests how museums can be reinvented to serve better, public ends.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Weight: 182g
Author: Laura Raicovich
Genre: Arts & Photography
Topic: Language & Reference
Type: Museums
Item Width: 14mm
Release Year: 2023

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