Museums and Wealth by Nizan Shaked - 9781350045767

Museums and Wealth by Nizan Shaked - 9781350045767

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Museums and WealthThe Politics of Contemporary Art Collections\nAuthor(s): Nizan Shaked\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350045767, 978-1350045767\nSynopsis\nChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023\n\nA critical analysis of contemporary art collections and the value form, this book shows why the nonprofit system is unfit to administer our common collections, and offers solutions for diversity reform and redistributive restructuring.\n\nIn the United States, institutions administered by the nonprofit system have an ambiguous status as they are neither entirely private nor fully public. Among nonprofits, the museum is unique as it is the only institution where trustees tend to collect the same objects they hold in public trust on behalf of the nation, if not humanity. The public serves as alibi for establishing the symbolic value of art, which sustains its monetary value and its markets.\n\nThis structur.

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