Battle for the Museum by Rachel Spence
Galleries around the world are at an ethical crossroads. Can they resist pernicious corporate and political influence?
‘This is a brave book, fluently written, at times almost in a torrent…It will make compelling reading for anyone interested in contemporary art and where it’s heading. I’ve rarely read a book where the thinking is so transparent.’ -- Literary Review
‘Uncovers the unsettling truth behind art-washing and misdeeds.’ -- Geographical Magazine
'Searing and unflinching, this is a brutally and brilliantly honest analysis, revealing a topsy-turvy world of hypocrisy and ideals, complacency and protest, cruelty and beauty. Museums--and your place in them--will never look the same to you again.' -- Chip Colwell, former curator and author of 'Stuff: Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper'
'A thought-provoking book, raising many questions about museums and their institutional values, art and its representation.' -- Sarah Schulman, activist, historian and author of 'The Gentrification of the Mind'
‘Uncovers the unsettling truth behind art-washing and misdeeds.’ -- Geographical Magazine
'Searing and unflinching, this is a brutally and brilliantly honest analysis, revealing a topsy-turvy world of hypocrisy and ideals, complacency and protest, cruelty and beauty. Museums--and your place in them--will never look the same to you again.' -- Chip Colwell, former curator and author of 'Stuff: Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper'
'A thought-provoking book, raising many questions about museums and their institutional values, art and its representation.' -- Sarah Schulman, activist, historian and author of 'The Gentrification of the Mind'
Rachel Spence is an arts writer and poet. Her reviews, features and reporting, chiefly for the Financial Times, often cover freedom of expression, and the politics behind international cultural institutions or programmes. Her poetry collections include Bird of Sorrow; Call and Response, and Venice Unclocked, a journey through Venice.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787387751 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787387755 |
| Title | Battle for the Museum |
| Author | Rachel Spence |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2024-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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