Towards a new museum

In this unprecedented investigation, architectural historian Victoria Newhouse challenges many hitherto accepted premises of museum design. She demonstrates that new museums - with a social function equal in importance to that of the 19th-century opera house - are often still based on old concepts that no longer apply to contemporary art forms. This unvarnished analysis is informed by interviews with museum directors and curators, collectors, artists and the architects themselves.

First sentence: Most major art museums are based on private collections that were assembled long before these public institutions came into being.

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

Monacelli

Editions

1

Pages

336

ISBN

9781580931809

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