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Collecting the New is the first book on the questions and challenges that museums face in acquiring and preserving contemporary art. Because such art has not yet withstood the test of time, it defies the traditional understanding of the art museum as an institution that collects and displays works o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Altshuler, Bruce (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Art museums > Collection management.
Art, Modern > Collectors and collecting.
ART > Museum Studies.
ART > Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions > Permanent Collections.
Musees d'art > Gestion des collections > États-Unis.
Art > 21e siecle > Collectionneurs et collections > États-Unis.
Art > 20e siecle > Collectionneurs et collections > États-Unis.
Art museums > Collection management > United States.
Art, Modern > 21st century > Collectors and collecting > United States
Art, Modern > 20th century > Collectors and collecting > United States
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Collecting the New is the first book on the questions and challenges that museums face in acquiring and preserving contemporary art. Because such art has not yet withstood the test of time, it defies the traditional understanding of the art museum as an institution that collects and displays works of long-established aesthetic and historical value. By acquiring such art, museums gamble on the future. In addition, new technologies and alternative conceptions of the artwork have created special problems of conservation, while social, political, and aesthetic changes have generated new.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400849352

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