'The institutionalization of contemporary art, seen on a global scale, is still an open question. The global art production, as a new and controversial phenomenon, affects the future of art museums in many ways.
Museums—especially those outside the West—have not yet followed the wave of biennials. While migration is the issue in artists' circles, public museums as local institutions are confronted with the challenge of globalization. This book focuses on the reciprocal impact of contemporary non-Western art and local museums all over the world. It assembles a group of art critics, anthropologists, and museum curators who address the identity of the museum and its change from a variety of viewpoints that reflect their different backgrounds. The critical essays were written for two international conferences, while other texts were chosen for their significance as exemplary statements for the present situation.' (Back cover)
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REF.WEP
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2007

No of pages

256

ISBN / ISSN

9783775719339

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology, 

conference proceedings

Chapter headings

The State of the Arts

Contemporary Art and the Museum in the Global Age - Hans BELTING

Critical Essays

Museum Politics in Africa - Claude ARDOUIN

Visibility in the Art World: The Voice of Rasheed Araeen - Andrea BUDDENSIEG

Beyond Euramerica - John CLARK, 姜苦樂

A Musuem or a Center for Mexican Contemporaneity? - Karen Cordero REIMAN

Musuems for the People? Two Joint Projects for Haiti and the Congo - Bogumil JEWSIEWICKI

Reflections on the Global South - Beral MADRA

A New Geography of Art Institutions - John ONIANS

Beyond the White Cube - Peter WEIBEL

Archive

Our Bauhaus Others' Mudhouse - Rasheed ARAEEN

Exhibiting Cultures - Hans BELTING

The Impossible Look: A View from Africa - Mamadou DIAWARA

The Mestizo Mind - Serge GRUZINSKI

Global Culture: An Arab View - Salma Khadra JAYYUSI

Beyond the Box: A View from India - Rustom BHARUCHA

Conference Summaries

The Global Future of Local Art Museums: The Cultural Practice of Local Memory and the Rise of Global Art, IFK Vienna, 19-21 January 2006 - Hans BELTING

The Global Challenge of Art Museums, ZKM Karlsruhe, 24-25 June 2006 - Andrea BUDDENSIEG

Contemporary Art and the Museum: A Global Perspective
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Contemporary Art and the Museum: A Global Perspective