Museum Studies
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Ways of Curating
$18.00 Add to cartThe world’s most influential contemporary-art curator explores the history and practice of his craft
Hans Ulrich Obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twenty-three years old. Sin- Author: Obrist, Hans Ulrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0374535698
- Language: English
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A Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time
$19.95 Read moreHave you ever visited a museum and found the narrations in the self-guided-tour headsets a bit tedious? Slightly too clinical, perhaps? And have you ever noticed that God is rarely mentioned in art mu
- Author: Auth, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 164413716X
- Language: English
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Monumental Shadows: On Museums, Memory and the Making of History
$45.00 Read moreA critical investigation into the material heritage and entangled histories of Western encyclopedic museums
This volume gathers commissioned essays, interviews and visual contributions from artists and
- Author: Razian, Nora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 6148035456
- Language: English
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Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start
$45.00 Read moreOn Alexander Calder’s fruitful, creative and enduring relationship with MoMA, from the early wire sculptures to late abstractions
Alexander Calder’s work first appeared in the Museum of Modern Art’s ga
- Author: Calder, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 163345116X
- Language: English
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The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues
$25.00 Read moreThe world’s leading museum directors discuss the future of museums in the wake of 2020’s pandemic and social upheavals
2020 ushered in a new decade and with it a series of unforeseen events that have r
- Author: Szántó, András
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 377574827X
- Language: English
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From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture
$34.95 Read moreA cultural history of S?pmi and the Nordic countries as told through objects and artifacts
Material objects–things made, used, and treasured–tell the story of a people and place. So it is for the I- Author: Sjoholm, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1517911974
- Language: English
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Why the Museum Matters
$26.00 Read moreA powerful reflection on the universal art museum, considering the values critical to its history and anticipating its evolving place in our cultural future
Art museums have played a vital role in ou- Series: Why X Matters
- Author: Weiss, Daniel H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 29, 2022
- ISBN10: 0300259352
- Language: English
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The Unforgettables: Expanding the History of American Art
$56.25 Read moreEminent art historian Charles C. Eldredge brings together top scholars to celebrate forgotten artists and create a more inclusive history of American art.
Why do some artists become canonical, while- Author: Eldredge, Charles C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 520385551
- Language: English
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Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Fabric of American Households
$29.95 Add to cartPrinted cotton sacks are currently fashionable aspects for material culture research, particularly in the costume and quilt history communities. Beginning in the late nineteenth century through the 19… [more below]
- Author: Montgomery, Marian Ann J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: June 24 2019
- ISBN10: 168283042X
- Language: English
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The Audacity of Relevance: Critical Conversations on the Future of Arts and Culture
$27.95 Add to cartThe arts and culture sector is in crisis–a crisis of relevance. Whether it’s grappling with dwindling audience sizes, shifting trends in philanthropy, or addressing social challenges, experts have be… [more below]
- Author: Sarian, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1770417737
- Language: English
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The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience
$45.00 Add to cartCelebrates the resilience of American cultural institutions in the face of national crises and challenges
On an afternoon in January 1865, a roaring fire swept through the Smithsonian Institution. Daz- Author: Redman, Samuel J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1479809330
- Language: English
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Why the Museum Matters
$18.00 Add to cartA powerful reflection on the universal art museum, considering the values critical to its history and anticipating its evolving place in our cultural future
Art museums have played a vital role in ou- Series: Why X Matters
- Author: Weiss, Daniel H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300276850
- Language: English
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A Way of Life: Notes on Ballenberg
$32.00 Add to cartA multiauthored portrait of the Swiss open-air museum documenting centuries of historic homes and the enchanting details of vernacular architecture
Founded in 1978, Ballenberg is a legendary Swiss open
- Author: Fehlbaum, Rolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 3037787260
- Language: English
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Wendy Red Star: Delegation
$65.00 Add to cartDelegation is the first comprehensive monograph by Aps?looke/Crow artist Wendy Red Star, whose photography recasts historical narratives with wit, candor, and a feminist, Indigenous perspective.
Red- Author: Red Star, Wendy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1597115193
- Language: English
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The National Gallery: Masterpieces of Painting
$65.00 Add to cartAn exceptional introduction to European paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century through one of the greatest collections in the world.
This richly illustrated and beautifully designed- Author: Finaldi, Gabriele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1857096487
- Language: English
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Mindful Eye, Playful Eye: 101 Amazing Museum Activities for Discovery, Connection, and Insight
$15.95 Read moreExperience art and design as you’ve never experienced them before with 101 imaginative, mindfulness-based practices that will engage your senses, open your mind, and transform your next museum visit
S- Author: Feltens, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 27, 2024
- ISBN10: 1588347621
- Language: English
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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
$28.99 Add to cartA best book of the year from New York Public Library, NPR, the Financial Times, Book Riot, and the Sunday Times (London).
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its- Author: Bringley, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1982163305
- Language: English
