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Trouble Afoot in Montpellier: Nicolas Bourriaud on Museum Politics The French curator and critic on founding Montpellier Contemporain, the future of institutions and why museums will become editorial platforms Last autumn, French media reported that the recently-founded MO.CO, Montpellier Contemporain, was experiencing a shake-up. Montpellier’s new mayor wants to redirect the institution’s operating budget, and the contract of its founding director, the celebrated critic and curator Nicolas Bourriaud, seems to be in jeopardy. Over email, I asked Bourriaud about his recen...