{"product_id":"culture-strike-art-and-museums-in-an-age-of-protest-9781839760501","title":"Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest","description":"\u003cb\u003eA leading activist museum director explains why museums are at the center of a political storm\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs director of the Queens Museum, Laura Raicovich helped turn that New York municipal institution into a center of activist art, organizing high-powered exhibitions that were also political protests. Then in January, 2018, she abruptly resigned, after a dispute with the Queens Museum board and city officials became a public controversy--she had objected to the Israeli government using the museum for a political event featuring vice president Mike Pence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaicovich's exit was only one of a string of political controversies involving museums, directors, and curators. Her resignation was followed by the firing, for example, of MOCA LA's Helen Molesworth and the firing of Mar a In s Rodriguez by the Bordeaux Contemporary Art Museum. And protests of museum funding (for example, the Guggenheim accepting Sackler family money) and boards (for example, the Whitney appointing tear gas manufacturer Warren Kanders)--to say nothing of demonstrations over artworks--have roiled museums in recent years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Raicovich explains some of the key museum flashpoints, but she also provides historical context for the current controversies. She shows how art museums arose as colonial institutions bearing an ideology of neutrality that masks their role in upholding capitalist values. And she suggests how museums can be reinvented to serve better, public ends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839760501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Laura Raicovich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40040419721397,"sku":"9781839760501","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_aab4bb5a-6833-4277-934e-9a05f124ea82.jpg?v=1621342508","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/culture-strike-art-and-museums-in-an-age-of-protest-9781839760501","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}