Recession, recession, recession! That’s all we’re hearing these days. Things are going to be tough for a while, but there’s still a silver lining in every situation if you look at all the angles. Carpe diem! For instance, now would be a terrific time to put together an exhibition proposal for your local museum or […]
From the moment a work of art enters a museum, it is treated as the special one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable object it is. It sits in a crate in the loading area and acclimates to its new surroundings. After sufficient time has passed, it is uncrated by the preparator or registrar who is wearing white gloves. A
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In response to my recent post about the Christoph Büchel/MASS MoCA brouhaha, Joshua Field commented: As an artist living in North Adams, MA , the town where MASS MoCA is located (I am in no way affiliated with the museum), I think it is important to note a crucial component missing from the dialog and
Does an artist have a responsibility to the community? Read
Thee most important thing you can be doing to prepare your art for museum collections and exhibitions is to treat it like it belongs there. How do you do this? The checklist in my old e-book, The Artist-Museum Relationship (no longer for sale), begins with Materials and Methods. Materials & Methods I use museum quality
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