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Art Basel Conversations | How Will Museums Be Able to Collect?
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
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
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>
The Museum Revised
Leave your thoughts <p>For this issue, Artforum invited artists, curators, and museum experts to write about The Museum Revisited; trends, challenges, and opportunities. András Szántó was among the writers.</p>
Will US Museums Succeed in Reinventing Themselves?
Leave your thoughts <p>The recession forced North American institutions to reconsider every aspect of what they do. You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s hyperactive chief of staff like to say. By that measure, art museums may have been handed a historic opportunity | The Art Newspaper | 2010 | </p>
Funding: the State of the Art
Leave your thoughts <p>In a world mired in economic uncertainty and with cash for the arts disappearing, how do we argue for culture? If you have been following the news about arts funding, you have reason to be concerned| The Art Newspaper | 2010 |</p>
Art Basel Conversations | Crossing the Atlantic
Leave your thoughts <p>Klaus Biesenbach, Director, MoMAPS1, New York and a Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; founding Director of Kunst-Werke (KW) Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin and Berlin Biennale Lynne Cooke, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid and Curator at Large, Dia Art Foundation, New York Ann Goldstein, Director, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; former Senior Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles Moderator | András Szántó, Author and consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York</p>
The Arts and Cultural Heritage: A Contemporary View at Global Art Forum, Art Dubai
Leave your thoughts <p>On March 19, 2009, András Szántó introduced the session “The Arts and Cultural Heritage: A Contemporary View” at the Global Art Forum, held as part of Art Dubai. Hosted by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH) at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, the session featured a multifaceted program. Dr. Sami El-Masri (Director of Strategic Planning Office, ADACH), Richard West (former Director and Founder, National Museum of the American Indian and prominent ICOM member), and Elizabeth Duggal (Associate Director, the Natural History Museum – The Smithsonian Institution) participated in a discussion titled “The Heritage Museum in a Modern Age.” Curator Catherine David presented on the ADACH Platform for Venice, followed by a panel titled “Building on Collecting” featuring Judith Greer (Writer, Collector), Louisa Buck (Writer, Art Critic), and Abdulla Al-Amri (Director, the Department of Arts and Culture, ADACH).</p>
In the Art Business, 44,210 Points Makes Polke a Top Painter
Leave your thoughts <p>The first version of art history is written by dealers. They work on the front lines, making bets on artists and objects long before collectors, critics and curators decide what’s truly valuable | New York Times | 2004 | </p>
The Dutch Give the Arts A Dash of (Cold) Water
Leave your thoughts <p>The Dutch system is a paragon of administrative rationality. Many subsidies are channeled through independent foundations with expertise in specific arts fields | New York Times | 2003 |</p>