The museum establishment and contemporary art
Subtitle: the politics of artistic display in France after 1968
By: Rebecca J. DeRoo.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780521841092
Subjects: Boltanski, Christian, -- 1944- -- Influence; Messager, Annette, -- 1943- -- Influence; Centre Georges Pompidou; Art museums -- France -- Management -- Social aspects; Art and society -- France -- History -- 20th century; Artists and museums -- France -- History -- 20th century; College students -- France -- Paris -- Political activity; General strike -- France -- 1968
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Museums as political centers; title: Dismantling art institutions: the 1968 explosion of social awareness; title: Christian Boltanski's personal memorabilia: remaking museums in the wake of 1968; title: Annette Messager's images of the everyday: the feminist recasting of '68; title: Institutionalizing '68: the Pompidou Center; title: America and Europe post-Pompidou: sustaining the political mission of the museum.