In the mad bustle of Art Basel Miami Beach (more on that later, hopefully…) a group of thoughtful friends started discussing the roles of cultural
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Looking for inspirations
It’s getting to be that time, time to head off to the annual Museum Computer Network conference in Dallas. Very exciting! This year’s crop of
“Outsourcing” the curatorial impulse, Part Two
Curation, stuff, people, meanings. Fear of change vs fear of irrelevance. Framing debates and the need for new frames. That was Part One of this
“Outsourcing” the curatorial impulse, Part One
This past Saturday, my lovely and talented wife and I made our weekly trek to the local farmers’ market in Union Square, Somerville. It is,
Responses to Kennicott’s “How to view art”
Responses to Kennicott’s “How to view art: “Be dead serious about it, but don’t expect too much” As you could tell from my last post,
The bright side of visitor photography, now and later
After the handwringing in my last post, I thought I’d instead get aspirational, and look towards the bright side of life when it comes to
Thinking about Museums 