Soup on Van Gogh? Graffiti on Warhol? There's a long history of museums + art used for political protest.
In 1914, suffragette Mary Richardson slashed a painting London’s National Gallery to attract publicity to Emmeline Pankhurst’s imprisonment.
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The National Museum of Australia (@nma) has just opened the most significant redevelopment in its history.
Kylie Message from @OurANU looks at the museum's history and truth-telling in the national museum's Great Southern Land.
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A powerful reminder that I wrote/co-wrote this book which was published last year by Routledge - what a delightful feeling. Thank you Motsane for purchasing the book . Thinking of another book from our ongoing provenance research at Manchester Museum? -yes it’s a possibility.
Reflections on Critical Museology: Inside & Outside Museums by J. Pedro Lorente OUT NOW! By an art critic & historian who has engaged extensively with critical museology, this book reassesses museum studies & offers a new account of critical museology relevant to many fields.
Self-Determined First Nations Museums & Colonial Contestation: The Keeping Place by Robert Hudson & Shannon Woodcock OUT NOW! Explores Indigenous curation & repatriation to document and theorise self-presentation and community engagement in the Krowathunkooloong Keeping Place.
Recently our series editor delivered the Michael Volkerling Memorial Lecture 2021. She reflected on ideas discussed in this series. We're about to open our 2022 call for new titles. If you've got something to say, get in touch!
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Digital Access and Museums as Platforms by Caroline Wilson-Barnao OUT NOW! Investigating the role of privately owned search engines in facilitating museum experiences, the book questions who collects what, for whom objects are collected and what purpose these collections serve.
Published today! This brill little book, by @WilsonBarnao, draws on interviews with museum practitioners & case studies, to investigate the tensions & benefits involved in making cultural collections available using digital technologies. https://t.co/D1FrxVerrh @RoutledgeHist
The deadline for applications for the HRC 2022 Visiting Fellows Program on the theme of "mobilities" has been extended to 30 Sep 2021. Come and spend 6-12 weeks at the ANU next year! @GenderANU@Freilich_ANU https://t.co/NKgxRcOxcQ
Tune in - this Thursday - will talk through some of the topical issues from my latest book “ Museums as agents of Social Change: Collaborative Programmes at the Mutare Museum”
With everything going on in the world it might be time to challenge what we think we know... 2021 is the year to get your copy of Queering The Museum and challenge yourself to think differently. #QueeringTheMuseum#Routledge https://t.co/KQv3j5cUFj