Record numbers of visitors are flocking to blockbuster exhibitions. Behind all the excitement, there are difficult questions over how to address their carbon footprint.
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There is still much to do to overcome the damage done by the myth of women-free art history that existed for the entire 20th century.
Museums around the world have been grappling with the issue of diorama removal.
Charging over £20 for admission is one thing – but what about reaching beyond the usual audience?
I still remember my first blockbuster art exhibition. Two Decades of American Painting came to Australia under the auspices of New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1967. This summer, art lovers can pick…
A blockbuster art exhibition can double the annual attendance of an art museum and pull in significant amounts of money. Bring Vermeer’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring to the Frick Collection in New York…
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