Acc12: Collection
Found a pretty interesting article by Edward Rothstein in today's New York Times, about the nature of museums and collecting. He compares the Liberace Museum on Las Vegas with the King's Library in the Britics Museum in London.
"In part, I confess, the comparison is a provocation. But it is just slightly more extreme than comparisons that have become commonplace in recent museum theory. The argument goes something like this: the "traditional museum" has extraordinary authority and prestige. But why should it? Its stature has been achieved primarily through the expenditure of money and the exercise of power. And such dominance must now end."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/arts/25conn.html?8hpib
"In part, I confess, the comparison is a provocation. But it is just slightly more extreme than comparisons that have become commonplace in recent museum theory. The argument goes something like this: the "traditional museum" has extraordinary authority and prestige. But why should it? Its stature has been achieved primarily through the expenditure of money and the exercise of power. And such dominance must now end."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/arts/25conn.html?8hpib
posted by Lou at 9:55 PM
2 Comments:
are you becoming more political in your old age? or is this all just social bantering back and forth with the educated uppercrust of venice (or the world?). I edited the qoute you included:
"the "New York TImes" has extraordinary authority and prestige. But why should it? Its stature has been achieved primarily through the expenditure of money and the exercise of power. And such dominance must now end!!"
Uh, so what was your point?
"Dude, are you being sarcastic?"
"I don't even know anymore."
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