{"product_id":"culture-strike-art-and-museums-in-an-age-of-protest-laura-raicovich","title":"Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest, Laura Raicovich","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA leading activist museum director explains why museums are at the centre of a political storm and how they can be reimagined\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an age of protest, cultural institutions have come under fire. Protestors have mobilised against sources of museum funding, as happened at the Metropolitan Museum, and against board appointments, forcing tear gas manufacturer Warren Kanders to resign at the Whitney. That is to say nothing of demonstrations against exhibitions and artworks. Protests have roiled institutions across the world, from the Abu Dhabi Guggenheim to the Akron Art Museum. A popular expectation has grown that galleries and museums should work for social change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Director of the Queens Museum, Laura Raicovich helped turn that New York municipal institution into a public commons for art and activism, organising high-powered exhibitions that doubled as political protests. Then in January 2018, she resigned, after a dispute with the Queens Museum board and city officials. This public controversy followed the museum’s responses to Donald Trump’s election, including her objections to the Israeli government using the museum for an event featuring Vice President Mike Pence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this lucid and accessible book, Raicovich examines some of the key museum flashpoints and 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 conservative, capitalist values. And she suggests ways museums can be reinvented to serve better, public ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Verso\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e147 x 217 mm\u003cbr\u003e ISBN \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781839760501\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43532779159766,"sku":"CSLR01","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/Screenshot2022-09-09at16.47.18.png?v=1662738507","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/culture-strike-art-and-museums-in-an-age-of-protest-laura-raicovich","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}