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Whose Muse? Art Museums and the Public Trust

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ISBN-10: 0691127816

ISBN-13: 9780691127811

Edition: 2004

Authors: Neil MacGregor, James Cuno, John Walsh, James N. Wood, Philippe de Montebello

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The essays in this collection address the problems associated with popular perceptions of art museums, dealing with subjects from art as social therapy & commercialism to accusations of looting & affronting public decency.
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Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/3/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 9.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Robert Neil MacGregor, OM, FSA (born on June 16, 1946, in Glasgow, Scotland) is an art historian and museum director. He was the Editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 to 1987, the Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 to 2002, and was appointed Director of the British Museum in 2002. He has presented three television series on art and the radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects, which aired in 2010.

James Cuno is the president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust. He served as president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2004 until 2011. He is the author of Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage, coauthor of The Modern Wing: Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago, and coauthor and editor of Whose Culture? The Promise of Museums and the Debate over Antiquities and Whose Muse? Art Museums and the Public Trust.  

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Pentecost in Trafalgar Square
The Object of Art Museums
Pictures, Tears, Lights, and Seats
The Authorities of the American Art Museum
A Deontological Approach to Art Museums and the Public Trust
Art Museums, Inspiring Public Trust
Round Table Discussion
Index
Photography Credits