Alex Kitnick on the discontent with museums - Artforum International
Alex Kitnick on the discontent with museums Caravaggio, The Inspiration of Saint Matthew, 1602, oil on canvas, 9' 8 1/2" x 6' 2 1/2". “WHEN DISCONTENT WITH MUSEUMS is strong enough to provoke the attempt to exhibit paintings in their original surroundings or in ones similar, in baroque or rococo castles, for instance, the result is even more distressing than when the works are wrenched from their original surroundings and then brought together.” This is Theodor Adorno in his great essay “Valéry Proust Museum,” first published in German in 1...
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