Zócalo Public Square :: Why On Earth Am I Looking At This? - 0 views
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Most Museums Have Trouble Connecting To the Public. Maybe It's Time For Some New Ideas.
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many audience members seem intuitively aware of what is missing: more access to the story explaining how and why a work has arrived at this place for their enjoyment.
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soldiering through the galleries and paying minimal attention to the exhibits prepared expressly for their viewing
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reanimated by the opportunities to engage in eating, spending, and talking on the phone—activities compatible with a sidewalk stroll.
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There is scientific data, too, upon which to build an argument for ensuring that we do better by our museum guests.
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participation in the arts, especially as audience, predicted civic engagement, tolerance, and altruism.”
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“[T]he space of the art museum is an inherently public or civic space,” wrote Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, in a recent essay. “Art museums in this context need to be understood as quintessentially urban institutions that play a critical role in defining the intellectual and physical fabric of cities and towns.”