ANDRAS SZANTO (*1964, Budapest), a sociologist and founder of Andras Szanto LLC, is not only a strategic advisor to museums, educational institutions, and companies active in the art field, he is also the author and co-editor of many publications and works as a journalist for media such as The New York Times, Artforum, and ArtworldSalon.
All too often, museums tell their stories, uncritically. They don't
tell the stories of the Indigenous peoples that the colonial
empires were looting, raping, and pillaging. In America, they don't
tell the stories of African Americans, slaves, and the holocaust of
Native Americans. We are clearly at a moment of reckoning with
that. And the museum industry, which intentionally or otherwise has
been complicit in this societal narrative, is experiencing an
awakening to these multiple blind spots. [This book aims] to figure
out how to be part of this correction.--Andras Szanto "Lithub"
At the book's heart is a thesis: that thanks in part to
postmodernism (which, by championing multiplicity, overturned
modernism's grand master narrative) the museum, as a concept, has
come increasingly under attack...now, 'it's more about the visitor
experience.'--Alastair Sooke "Telegraph"
Experiment and enthusiasm make this book indispensable for those
interested in the way a diverse set of possible futures for the
museum are being envisioned and achieved.--Daniel Herwitz
"Financial Times"
Takes the form of both philosophical inquiry and pragmatic
problem-solving--all enlivened by Szanto's familiar repartee with
his sources... Contributes widely divergent answers to the
questions of what a museum is, can be, and should be.--Karen
Rosenberg "Artful Jaunts"
A new kind of museum is emerging--here's what the future
holds...--Andras Szanto "Art Newspaper"
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