Reviews

As radical, as mother, as salad, as shelter: What should art institutions do now? by Dushko Petrovich and Roger White, Paper Monument

ryebreadpool's review

2.0

neoliberal

partypete's review

5.0

I feel strange that this book has no reviews on Goodreads yet, as it is such a timely and wonderful assemblage of views on the art establishment. I would recommend this as an excellent counterpoint to Matti Bunzl's "In Search of a Lost Avant-Garde", a book that I enjoyed but I felt defends complacency in the arts within the museum while also hinting at alternatives. This book serves almost as an opposite, interviewing dozens of curators on how museums might improve their practices in the Trump era, offers opinions ranging in scope and intensity, and genuinely made me rethink not only the political moment in which it was written and the intensity of that time (just over two years ago), but also what art institutions are capable of achieving.

eviecj's review

4.0

quick and thoughtful read if you're interested in thinking harder about how/if museums can become a site for revolution!