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…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…