Give OP A Museum.

Give OP a museum.

Hey hi hello, I saw that you criticized how art museums encourage the dismissal of modern art pieces. I am wondering which aspects of art museum design encourages this behavior, and what could be done to improve modern art appreciation in museums.

Imagine the modern art wing of a museum.

Spare white walls.

Intense, even lighting.

Hard wooden floors.

No seating.

Maze-like, interconnected galleries.

Small plaques identifying the artist, year and title in clean sans-serif font.

These design choices are all in the service of making the art museum the best possible habitat for art.  The museum is a neutral void into which we place great works of beauty to be appreciated.  The work shines.  It’s unburdened by context.  It’s alluring and impressive and an utter fucking cipher if you don’t already know why it’s interesting.

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And now one of the people who guards the football has tested positive. Great.

Don’t download Tiktok.

https://twitter.com/d1rtydan/status/1277081198624337920

if i were a zookeeper my intrusive thoughts would be wild

OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST STORY EVER and I want MORE

It is so cool that we have a conversation that can be heard between the two friends who are in these letters - Mrs. Harriet Glickman and Mr. Ken Kelly.

https://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2014/12/03/40603/2-friends-who-helped-integrate-charles-schulz-s-pe/

Excuse me is this shitty clickbait ad trying to sully the good name of Charles Schulz