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Face lift: the reconfiguration of three North American museums from the outside in

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Titel: Face lift: the reconfiguration of three North American museums from the outside in
Autoren: Bookhard, Storm Bria-Rose (author)
Verlagsinformationen: University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL), 2023.
Publikationsjahr: 2023
Schlagwörter: Roski School of Art and Design (school), Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere (degree program), Master of Arts (degree)
Beschreibung: This thesis investigates three case studies of North American, encyclopedic museums that have employed tactics of architectural, curatorial, and collections-based reform with social justice-oriented missions. With attention to the political climate of the United States in 2013-2023, this thesis reflects on how certain museums are working to depart from their colonialist and Eurocentric histories in pursuit of answering contemporary calls for equity and inclusion. The discussed initiatives are the Los Angeles County Museum of Art?s (LACMA) construction of a single-story building to equitably display their permanent collection (2013-2024), the Brooklyn Museum?s diversity driven rehang of their American Art collection (2020-2024), and The Baltimore Museum of Art?s (BMA) deaccession of works by prominent male artists to create an acquisition fund for works by women and people of color (2018). Collectively, these case studies speak to the contemporary socio-political consciousness in the national museum landscape and the departure from the preconceived monolithic museum structure.
Publikationsart: Thesis
Sprache: English
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-ouc113057152
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Datenbank: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:This thesis investigates three case studies of North American, encyclopedic museums that have employed tactics of architectural, curatorial, and collections-based reform with social justice-oriented missions. With attention to the political climate of the United States in 2013-2023, this thesis reflects on how certain museums are working to depart from their colonialist and Eurocentric histories in pursuit of answering contemporary calls for equity and inclusion. The discussed initiatives are the Los Angeles County Museum of Art?s (LACMA) construction of a single-story building to equitably display their permanent collection (2013-2024), the Brooklyn Museum?s diversity driven rehang of their American Art collection (2020-2024), and The Baltimore Museum of Art?s (BMA) deaccession of works by prominent male artists to create an acquisition fund for works by women and people of color (2018). Collectively, these case studies speak to the contemporary socio-political consciousness in the national museum landscape and the departure from the preconceived monolithic museum structure.
DOI:10.25549/usctheses-ouc113057152