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Decentring the Museum: Contemporary Art Institutions and Colonial Legacies (New Directions in Contemporary Art)

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Nina Mö ntmann's timely book extends the decolonisation debate to the institutions of contemporary art. In a thoughtfully articulated text, illustrated with pertinent examples of best practice, she argues that museums and galleries of contemporary art have a responsibility to 'decenter' their institutions, removing from their collections, exhibition policies and infrastructures a deeply embedded Euro-centric cultural focus with roots in the history of colonialism. In this, she argues, they can learn from the example both of anthropological museums , which are engaged in debates about the colonial histories of their collections, and of small-scale art spaces , which have the flexibility to initiate different kinds of conversation – for example, by programming exhibitions and events in collaboration with local diasporic communities from the global south.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Hardcover

Release: December 15, 2023

ISBN 13: 9781848225503

Decentring the Museum: Contemporary Art Institutions and Colonial Legacies (New Directions in Contemporary Art)

0/5 ( ratings)

Nina Mö ntmann's timely book extends the decolonisation debate to the institutions of contemporary art. In a thoughtfully articulated text, illustrated with pertinent examples of best practice, she argues that museums and galleries of contemporary art have a responsibility to 'decenter' their institutions, removing from their collections, exhibition policies and infrastructures a deeply embedded Euro-centric cultural focus with roots in the history of colonialism. In this, she argues, they can learn from the example both of anthropological museums , which are engaged in debates about the colonial histories of their collections, and of small-scale art spaces , which have the flexibility to initiate different kinds of conversation – for example, by programming exhibitions and events in collaboration with local diasporic communities from the global south.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Hardcover

Release: December 15, 2023

ISBN 13: 9781848225503

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