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Missing a terrific exhibition is the pits. Check out what’s on view, what’s about to close, and what’s coming soon with EXH.CAT, the color-coded catalog of exhibitions. Keyword search by title, artist’s name, city, museum, etc. Current = Blue Closing soon = Red Upcoming = Green Past = Dark Gray Digital = Purple #exhibitions

Appraisers often rely on private sales data from dealers, highlighting the crucial role art dealers play in the art market. 🎨🌍 Dive into the pivotal role of art dealers in shaping the transatlantic art market from the late 19th to early 20th centuries! In an often overlooked perspective of the art market's history this new publication, "Money in the Air: Art Dealers and the Making of a Transatlantic Market, 1880–1930," shows how these figures not only influenced art collections but also significantly impacted the foundations of major American art museums. #ArtHistory #ArtMarket #ArtDealers 

#Legacy150: 'The Museum will not be Decolonised' conference schedule is now live https://lnkd.in/gyTEreAh Sumaya Kassim writes that “Museums are not neutral in their preservation of history. In fact, arguably, they are sites of forgetfulness and fantasy”. Her discussion was based on work she and colleagues did with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and it holds true of many museums throughout the UK. It is the “forgetfulness” of the objects’ lived history and the “fantasy” of these objects being out of time that is endemic in museum spaces. In this conference we discuss objects held in non-ethnographic museums and explore what they mean as representations of human experience, how we can accurately represent their lived experience using digital technologies and their weight as political and social signifiers in the contemporary world. The conference provides a space for interested parties to discuss the ways objects are presented and their histories represented.

It's really dang cool to get to use your talents to help other people - and make a living doing it! Check out this latest published piece I wrote about Visit Casper (WY) for Herrmann Global.

The Spring 2024 issue of Exhibition journal is now out. “Alternative Realities” surveys many ways exhibitions can question existing systems and open pathways to new and more equitable futures. At a time when what divides us can feel almost insurmountable, authors share how they are harnessing hope, challenging prevailing narratives, and upending established museum practices as they seek to reshape our vision of what is possible—within and beyond the museum. Exhibition is a journal of exhibition theory and practice for museum professionals published by the American Alliance of Museums. To learn more about the journal, this issue, past issues, and how to subscribe, check out: https://lnkd.in/eE5Vm9hR #museums #exhibitions #exhibitiondesign

Good to see the important work of Museum Development teams supported by ACE. I know from my career in museums and my current role as a consultant, how vital their work is in supporting the extraordinary diversity of museums across the country.

Going to a museum enriches the visitor's life, but also enriches the visitor's community! Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eapT47V2 #FridayFacts #Massachusetts #ArtsAdvocacy #CreativeEconomy @masscreative @nefa_arts ID: A black border at the top and bottom with the 4A Arts logo on the top in white and #FridayFacts in purple on the bottom. A purple square with the words "Friday Facts: State Arts Impact" below the black top border. In the middle, a statistic from the American Alliance of Museums' report linked above reads: "Museums in Massachusetts generated a Gross Value Added Impact of 2.3 billion dollars in 2016" written in a purple font over a light yellow colored outline of the state of Massachusetts. 

As visitors to museums, we often think of ourselves as passive recipients of their knowledge and expertise: we look, but don't touch; we wonder, but don't challenge; we may leave the exhibition changed, but we don't change the museum. But what if we could? Book now for this collaborative one-day event with Modern Art Oxford to explore the changing nature and future of museums: bit.ly/3RbR5gc

Learn more from LSU Museum of Art chief curator and director of programs Michelle Schulte about how upgraded audio-visual equipment will transform the museum. Your support on LSU Giving Day makes this vision a reality. Give today: bit.ly/lsumoagivingday #lsumoa #lsugivingday #lsugivingday24

Is your museum, heritage site or attraction not living up to its commercial potential? With small tweaks, you can increase your revenue without any substantial changes. That's where I come in. I can help you develop a new strategy, provide new training, and set more ambitious revenue targets. Let's work together to take your attraction to the next level. #revenuegrowth #businessstrategy #commercialpotential