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Culture and power have been bedfellows since ancient timesin the case of exhibits and collections, now more than ever. Protests force out patrons and curators, and pressure museums to abandon fossil fuel sponsorship. Campaigners demand equality and diversity, condemn exploitation of artists and staff, and urge restitution of imperially tainted objects.

Journalist Rachel Spence has watched visual arts become a flashpoint for today's social divisions. She interviews artists, activists, directors and donors, revealing elitism and injustice. Business and finance launder their reputations throughpatronage, while governments exert authority by weaponising or attacking the artsand gallery-goers and workers mobilise to demand better. How did we get here, and what awaits these institutions?

From China and Russia to Helsinki and Brooklyn, from the British Museum to the Louvre and Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi,Battle for the Museumuncovers a dark nexus of capital, art and powerand

Battle for the Museum

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      Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
      Published 5/30/2024
      ISBN-13 9781787387751
      978-1787387751
      ISBN-10 1787387755
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Orality / Oral transmission

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Culture and power have been bedfellows since ancient timesin the case of exhibits and collections, now more than ever. Protests force out patrons and curators, and pressure museums to abandon fossil fuel sponsorship. Campaigners demand equality and diversity, condemn exploitation of artists and staff, and urge restitution of imperially tainted objects.

      Journalist Rachel Spence has watched visual arts become a flashpoint for today's social divisions. She interviews artists, activists, directors and donors, revealing elitism and injustice. Business and finance launder their reputations throughpatronage, while governments exert authority by weaponising or attacking the artsand gallery-goers and workers mobilise to demand better. How did we get here, and what awaits these institutions?

      From China and Russia to Helsinki and Brooklyn, from the British Museum to the Louvre and Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi,Battle for the Museumuncovers a dark nexus of capital, art and powerand

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