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The Evolution of Museum Missions

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>How do we keep museums relevant and essential to our cultural landscape and life? Discussing the Evolution of Museum Mission between four contemporary art museum directors.Conversations | Art Basel, Miami Beach, 2011 </p>

Art Basel Conversation | Change in Generation

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Marc Mayer, Director, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Director Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Osvaldo Sánchez, Director, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City Philippe Vergne, Director, Dia Art Foundation, New York Lynn Zelevansky, The Henry J. Heinz II Director, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh András Szántó, Author, Consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York</p>

Art Basel Conversations | Inventing the Museum

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Lars Nittve, Executive Director Museum Plus (M+) of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong Roger Mandle, Senior Advisor to the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar Juan Ignacio Vidarte, Deputy Director and Chief Officer for Global Strategies, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York Moderator | András Szántó, Author and Consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York</p>

Art Basel Conversations | Institutions: A Time of Crisis – and Opportunity?

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Iwona Blazwick, OBE, Director, Whitechapel Gallery, London Christine Macel, Chief Curator, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris Lars Nittve, Director, The Moderna Museet, Stockholm Nicolaus Schafhausen, Director, Witte de With, Rotterdam Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Moderator | Andras Szanto, Author, consultant for arts and philanthropic organizations, New York</p>

Sixty Museums in Search of a Purpose

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Composing a mission statement isn’t as easy as it sounds. Should a mission describe what a museum is doing, or what it should be doing? An analysis of the mission statements of leading US art museums yields some surprising results. | The Art Newspaper | 2011 |</p>

Art Basel Conversations | How Will Museums Be Able to Collect?

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Chris Dercon, Director, Tate Modern, London Martin Roth, Director General, Dresden State Art Collections/Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Incoming Director, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Moderator | András Szántó, Author and consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York</p>

China’s New Age of Enlightenment

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Occupying almost 30,000 sq. ft in galleries devoted to international culture in the newly renovated building, which opened last month, “The Art of the Enlightenment”, on view for a whole year, is notable not only for its theme, but for the circumstances of its organization. It is a product of cultural diplomacy writ large. | The Art Newspaper | 2011 |</p>

Art Basel Conversations | Museums in the Digital Age

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome and Adjunct Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York Peter Reed, Senior Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Moderator | András Szántó, Author and consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York</p>