Museums and the thirsting millions

Author

Danto, Arthur C.

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Democracy & the arts

Author (monograph)

Melzer, Arthur M. (Editor, Collective Author); Weinberger, Jerry (Editor, Collective Author); Zinman, M. Richard (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Democracy & the arts. 1999, p. 56-72, 1 ill.

Publisher

Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Reflections on the reception of museums and art, including public art, by the general American public. Notes that the Brooklyn Art Museum is not largely visited by the Brooklyn community, and considers some of the implications of Komar and Melamid's project America's Most Wanted.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Museums
• 1900-2000
• Popular culture
• Art
• Public
• Brooklyn Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Komar and Melamid (artists' group)
• Reception
• United States
• Artists' groups and associations
• Public art
• Aesthetics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Musée
• 1900-2000
• Culture populaire
• Art
• Public
• Brooklyn Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Komar and Melamid (groupe d'artistes)
• Réception
• Etats-Unis
• Groupes et Sociétés d'artistes
• Art public
• Esthétique

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990701-00207593

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