Monday 17 November 2008, 18.45–20.45

Bruce Altshuler discusses some of the many roles played by art exhibitions in the history of modern culture. These include the introduction of the museum as an educational enterprise, the presentation of new forms of artworks to the public, and varying political uses to which exhibitions have been put. Central to the effectiveness of exhibitions in their diverse purposes is the relationship between forms of display and the content presented. This connection between exhibition form and content is explored through examples ranging from shows of early modern art through conceptual art presentation practices of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£8 (£6 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards

    

Biography

Bruce Altshuler is Director of the Program in Museum Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University.  From 1992 to 1998 he was Director of the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Long Island City, New York.  Altshuler is the author of The Avant-Garde in Exhibition: New Art in the 20^th Century and Isamu Noguchi, editor of Collecting the New: Museums and Contemporary Art,