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So I mentioned on my About page that I’m a newbie art history buff. I mean, I’ve always pretty much enjoyed going to museums, but I didn’t always like looking, really looking, at a painting, say, or a...
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Ernest & Eeyore at the NYPL
I wanted to mention an exhibit I saw a few weeks ago at the New York Public Library. Aptly titled “Celebrating 100 Years,” it was a sampling of the library’s extensive collections, arranged around the...
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How Museums Can Save the World.
The Milwaukee Art Museum I’m reading Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art by Amy Whitaker. It’s a thoughtful and entertaining discussion of art education and museology by a gifted writer...
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Knowing v. Being
So as I mentioned in my last post, I’m reading Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art, by Amy Whitaker. Last time I discussed Whitaker’s discussion of how a museum must earn our trust so...
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How visiting an art museum can ruin your love for art.
Not to keep writing book reports about my current read, Museum Legs, but author Amy Whitaker keeps reminding me of things I want to think about. Plus it’s good! Read this, about how art museums, just...
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Your handy museum survival guide.
So you’re headed to the museum this weekend? Going to take in a big exhibition of paintings? Here’s a handy survival guide for making the most of your Day of Culture: 1. Pace yourself. I realize you...
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Why we all should learn to paint.
So as I’ve mentioned, I’m taking an art history class at the local community college. It’s more work than I anticipated: in addition to the readings, there’s the compulsory museum visit, a couple...
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Curating 101: Leaving room for wonder
As a result of my recently birthed curiosity about the art and science of exhibition curating, I’ve been reading What Makes a Great Exhibition?, a collection of essays by curators and gallery...
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Curating 101: Being the subject of the object
I’d like to take a few minutes to follow up on my most recent post, based on noted curator and Yale School of Art dean Robert Storr‘s essay “Show and Tell” in Paula Marincola’s What Makes a Great...
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