The Most Anticipated Art Museum Openings and Expansions of 2024

about 3 months ago (01/30/2024)

The Most Anticipated Art Museum Openings of 2024 | Observer Nicolai Tangen’s Kunstsilo. Mestres Wåge/ BAX/ Mendoza Partida Last year, Dan Hicks writing for The Architecture Review about his book The Brutish Museums: the Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution asked the question, ‘Are museums obsolete?‘ While his piece was mainly concerned with the complexity of repatriation , the query stands alone. Museums in recent years have had to reckon with audience contraction, financial woes and the need to prove their relevance in a world where every masterpiece has been digitized and people are increasingly using the appellation to refer to TikTokable experiences (see: The Museum of Ice Cream ).

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