Museum of the Future

by Cristina Bechtler (Editor), Dora Imhof (Editor)

Museums of contemporary art are expanding and in crisis. They attract ever-larger audiences; architects constantly redesign them; and the ever-swellling ranks of artists are producing a greater quantity of art than ever before. Meanwhile, museum funds are dwindling amid economic crisis and an overheated art market. The question of which art is to be collected has also become a more openly discussed topic. How do curators meet these challenges? How do artists view their relationships to museum? How do practitioners navigate between ideas, ideals and realities? This publication gathers interviews with artists, architects and curators of the contemporary art world, such as John Baldessari, Ute Meta Bauer, Suzanne Cotter, Bice Curiger, Chris Dercon, Charles Esche, Liam Gillick, Michael Govan, Jacques Herzog, Thomas Hirschhorn, Philipp Kaiser, Rem Koolhaas, Lars Nittve, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Thierry Raspail, Tobias Rehberger and Beatrix Ruf, among others.

Genres: Art

209 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Eric Xia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's okay. Do I remember anything from reading this? There are lots of museums and people out there and lots of people with opinions about museums and how people experience them. Also this guy who makes machines is cool.

[Sterling · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a book filled with interviews of various people that have an influence in the art of museums. Many of these people are artists, curators, collectors etc. Some of their answers are interesting and definitely some worthy to be looked upon later for research.

Over all, it’s an short but interesting group of interviews that I will probably go back to again for thoughts on the influence of museums & how they can be improved over time from many point of views.