Dear Colleagues,
Can anyone recommend an up-to-date, English-language textbook
for a course designed to introduce students to the realities of the
museum and gallery world? Specific articles for compendium
collection are also welcome.
This text should be useful in a course with this description:
This course will give students an insight into the characteristics of
the art gallery and the museum as an institution and as a setting for
work and cultural production. To explore course themes, students will
consider the history of museums and galleries, cultural policy, and
organizational forms. Students will also examine the economic
challenges and market issues that face art galleries and museums
today.
This course will give students overview of the organizational and
economic dimensions of art galleries and museums in Norway and around
the world. Course participants will develop the ability to understand
and analyze art galleries in terms of its internal characteristics
and the critical factors in the larger environment that shape them.
The range of topics in the course is broad. The book can approach
the theme from any of several perspectives. It is not necessary to cover
everything in a single book provided that there is an overview.
Art gallery as social institution
The history of galleries
The work of the gallery
The gallery and cultural production
Art markets and the sociology of art
Museums
The museum as social institution
The history of the museum
The museum and cultural production
The museum as conceptual marketplace
Museums and the sociology of art
The economics of art
Sponsorship and integrated sponsorship
Cultural collaboration
Organizational and economic challenges of the art gallery
Organizational and economic challenges of museums
Experience and practice
Galleries, museums, art worlds
I'd also welcome suggestions on recent articles covering these
themes.
Please send your suggestions directly to me at
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I will compile all suggestions and post the compilation to the list.
Thank you,
Ken
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Ken Friedman
Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Communication, Culture, and Language
Norwegian School of Management
Design Research Center
Denmark's Design School
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