Michael Govan is the quiet powerhouse putting Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the map. With a new proposal for expansion, he hopes to radically redefine how the public engages with art—and shift the center of the art world west.
downloaded this for my plane ride tomorrow. (not being sarcastic) #vacationreads
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This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved Maj. Claude Hensinger during World War II. In August 1944, Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over Yowata, Japan, when their engine caught fire. The crew was forced to bail out. Suffering from only minor injuries, Hensinger used the parachute as a pillow and blanket as he waited to be rescued. He kept the parachute that had saved his life. He later proposed to his girlfriend Ruth in 1947, offering her the material for a gown.
via: hellovivacity
Old logo for the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the back of a members’ bulletin.
via: museumnerd
When museum people start to talk about improving the public—there is now a field known as “visitor engagement”—the unspoken message may be that administrators and bureaucrats do not really believe in the public.
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Jed Perl is so cranky.
Also: I don’t think that Warhol is dumbed down art. ”Accessible” and “dumb” are different concepts.
via: The New Republic
