‘museum history’

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… or marginalisation of specific artists and movements. Trading platforms and networks: Museums, galleries, auction houses, art fairs, collectives, and unconventional venues (e.g., hotels, apartments) shaping art circulation and valuation. New art forms: Non-traditional practices (e.g., performance and conceptual art) resisting conventional collecting and developing alternative modes of exchange. Social Settings: Class, gender, religion, and other network and community …

… on the life and professional career of Elek Petrovics (1873–1945), the legendary director of the Museum of Fine Arts. The  richly illustrated 336-page volume contains expanded versions of the lectures given at the 2023 conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the distinguished art collector and critic. Editors: Orsolya Radványi, György Szücs, Károly Tóth Authors: Eszter Békefi, Barbara Büki, Judit Galácz, Katalin Keserü, Anna Kopócsy, Péter Molnos, István …

… "Organising the Spectacle: Research on the Avant-garde". By the end of the nineteenth century, museums had long become more than mere showcases for the private collections of privileged collectors, having also turned into community educational spaces for the general public. Likewise, the social and public health museums, which emerged at the turn of the century, did not simply aim to be the latest spaces opening up the hidden treasures of palaces to the public, but rather sought to share a …

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