Tis the season for existential doubts, it seems, because I think I don’t believe in exhibitions anymore. A number of factors have come together recently
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404 – Getting lost can be part of the experience, too.
I had a brief chat with Jenn Schmitt at the de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum about 404 pages, those icons of frustration, and her
Australia: MONA – revolutionary, and not
One of my primary motivations for coming to Australia was to go visit the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart. It’s been
Australia: Melbourne Museum talk
My lovely and talented wife and I just returned from two weeks vacation in Australia, hence the quiet around here. This was our first vacation
Making a museum from scratch: Part Five
For those of you just tuning in, I’ve been on a long extended thought experiment on what a traditional museum (one built around a collection
Making a museum from scratch: Part Two
In Part One, I posed a pretty big question, “How would you make a museum from scratch?” and dove right in to discussing audiences. It
Thinking about Museums 