Issues and Commentary: Attraction Pricing
Institutions that open their doors free of charge now seem not premonitions of a democratic world to come but relics of a bygone age.
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The Broad Adds Four to Its Board of Directors, Including Thomas Campbell
Sherry Lansing, Joanne Heyeler, and Deborah Kanter have also joined.
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Wall Talk: Do We Even Need Museum Wall Labels?
There was a time when the labels and texts in museum shows were matter-of-fact explanations—the artist, title, date, medium, and then a few informative words from the curator. But as exhibitions…
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Davos Welcomes Met’s Campbell and other Art-World Bigwigs
The World Economic Forum's invite-only annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, routinely hosts boldface names such as Angela Merkel, Fareed Zakaria and Bill Gates. The meeting is known as a place wher…
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The Metropolitan Museum’s Global Revolutionary
How the original Rockefeller Republican effected radical change by championing "Primitive" art
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Syrian Artifacts in Serious Danger
"Syria's heritage is under attack," said Irina Bokova, director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in a press briefing Wednesday at New York's…
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Thomas Campbell Demonstrates Passion at TED Talk
Campbell starts with an anecdote from early in his career, when he took a course in London at an unnamed institution, with a "passionate" instructor named Pietro. In a slide lecture, Pietro showed T…
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‘Your Labels Make Me Feel Stupid’
In an effort to connect with visitors who feel bored, overwhelmed, or confused, museums are using focus groups, comment boards, and even full-time evaluators to help rethink and rewrite texts in the…
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Reshaping the Art Museum
Confronted with urgent demographic realities, art-museum directors are drawing on game theory, interactive technology, and a host of other new strategies to help people feel welcome, engaged, and…
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