Culture Strike
Art and Museums in an Age of Protest
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- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2023
Summary
In an age of protest, culture and museums have come under fire. Protests of museum funding and boards—to say nothing of demonstrations over exhibitions and artworks—have roiled cultural institutions across the world. At the same time, never have there been more calls for museums to work for social change, calls for the emergence of a new role for culture.
As director of the Queens Museum, Laura Raicovich helped turn that New York municipal institution into a public commons for art and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839767838 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839767839 |
| Author: | Laura Raicovich |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Urgent – Travis Diehl * art-agenda *
[Culture Strike] brilliantly problematizes the pervasive old myth of “neutrality.” – Dessane Lopez Cassell * Hyperallergic *
A must-read … Culture Strike contains layers of honest observation from museum professionals, loving critique, historical context, and case studies that illuminate the best and worst in museum culture to offer a clear path forward. – Cara Ober * BmoreArt *
Maps out thoughtful considerations of pressing subjects that apply everywhere. Among them are the private power of philanthropy, the practical and spiritual benefits of staff diversity, unionizing cultural institutions, and the contours of museums’ social responsibility. – Christopher Knight * Los Angeles Times *
Offers key contextual and historical lenses through which to consider protests that have occurred at institutions worldwide, addressing topics from museum funding to workers’ rights. * Ocula *
An engaging and personally invested discussion of the many controversies that have engulfed American museums – JJ Charlesworth * ArtReview *
Laura Raicovich
Laura Raicovich was president and executive director of the Queens Museum, and prior to that was with Creative Time and Dia Art Foundation. She is a recipient of both the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship and the inaugural Emily H. Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators at Hyperallergic. She co-edited Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production and is the author of At the Lightning Field and A Diary of Mysterious Difficulties.
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