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Les musées français ont été largement renouvelés et remodelés, voire reconstruits, depuis une génération : ils suscitent aujourd’hui un attachement unanime de la part d’un public de plus en plus nombreux. Mais cette mutation spectaculaire a souvent conduit à célébrer les progrès accomplis au détriment de la mémoire des lieux et des hommes. Dans son moment fondateur, en(...)
Une histoire des musées de France, XVIIIe-XXe siècle
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Les musées français ont été largement renouvelés et remodelés, voire reconstruits, depuis une génération : ils suscitent aujourd’hui un attachement unanime de la part d’un public de plus en plus nombreux. Mais cette mutation spectaculaire a souvent conduit à célébrer les progrès accomplis au détriment de la mémoire des lieux et des hommes. Dans son moment fondateur, en rupture avec le secret des collections particulières, le musée a voulu illustrer l’utilité publique de l’art et du savoir. Du XIXe siècle au XXe siècle, entre bureaux parisiens et conservateurs locaux, une institutionnalisation décisive s’accomplit au service, selon les cas, des propagandes républicaines ou monarchiques. Les musées attestent du goût français, mettent en scène la profondeur historique de la nation, et participent à la construction d’identités collectives. La fin du XXe siècle voit surgir un nouveau modèle d’établissement, qui place les publics au centre de ses préoccupations et contribue au développement culturel comme à la définition d’un patrimoine. Ces deux siècles ont connu de nombreux conflits de musées, la disparition de certains, la reconversion radicale d’autres, et, en guise d’innovations, quelques déménagements de collections. Loin d’une image stéréotypée de l’institution, l’auteur montre combien son histoire, dans ses rencontres plus ou moins réussies avec les visiteurs, témoigne d’engagements politiques et sociaux, autant que d’évolutions professionnelles et de configurations disciplinaires.
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What is the future of the art museum? Should artists and critics have greater say in museum programming? What role can new museum technologies play in the future of the art museum? How should art museums address and correct past histories of predjudice and exclusion? Are art museums doomed to extinction? These pertinent questions and others are asked, discussed, and(...)
Museums of tomorrow : a virtual discussion
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What is the future of the art museum? Should artists and critics have greater say in museum programming? What role can new museum technologies play in the future of the art museum? How should art museums address and correct past histories of predjudice and exclusion? Are art museums doomed to extinction? These pertinent questions and others are asked, discussed, and sometimes even answered in "Museums of tomorrow" - documentation of a two-week online conference on the role and future of art museums. Thirty scholars, artists, museum directors, and curators participated in the discussion which was moderated by curator and essayist Maurice Berger for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s Research Center Website.
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The new Museum of Modern Art
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Having undergone the most extensive building project in its history, The Museum of Modern Art reopened in Manhattan in November 2004, coinciding with MoMA's 75th anniversary. The 630,000-square-foot complex is nearly twice the size of the former facility, with dramatically expanded and redesigned spaces for exhibitions, public programming, educational outreach, and(...)
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November 2004, New York
The new Museum of Modern Art
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Having undergone the most extensive building project in its history, The Museum of Modern Art reopened in Manhattan in November 2004, coinciding with MoMA's 75th anniversary. The 630,000-square-foot complex is nearly twice the size of the former facility, with dramatically expanded and redesigned spaces for exhibitions, public programming, educational outreach, and scholarly research. This book offers a concise overview of the new building and MoMA's intentions for its construction project by Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art.
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À l'occasion de la septième session des concours, Europan publie le catalogue des projets primées par les jurys des 15 concours nationaux organisés dans 68 villes européennes et dans 19 pays différents autour d’une problématique commune : « Challenge suburbain, intensités et diversités résidentielles ». Comment transformer la ville dispersée pour créer une ville durable,(...)
Europan 7 : résultats européens
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À l'occasion de la septième session des concours, Europan publie le catalogue des projets primées par les jurys des 15 concours nationaux organisés dans 68 villes européennes et dans 19 pays différents autour d’une problématique commune : « Challenge suburbain, intensités et diversités résidentielles ». Comment transformer la ville dispersée pour créer une ville durable, écologique et urbaine, en s’appuyant sur la nouvelle demande sociale et culturelle émergente ? Comment faire de la création de nouveaux quartiers résidentiels aux typologies innovantes et à la complexité programmatique un outil de stratégie de qualification des aires suburbaines ?
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June 2004, Paris
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Design d'exposition : dix mises en espace d'expositions au Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
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Cette publication donne une voix aux créateurs qui travaillent habituellement dans l'ombre et dont le travail est crucial quant à la transformation d'expositions en actes de communication. Dix expositions majeures, présentées entre 1998 et 2001, sont décrites en termes d'articulation de l'espace via la lumière et les couleurs, la liberté des parcours, la fluidité et le(...)
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May 2004, Québec
Design d'exposition : dix mises en espace d'expositions au Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
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Cette publication donne une voix aux créateurs qui travaillent habituellement dans l'ombre et dont le travail est crucial quant à la transformation d'expositions en actes de communication. Dix expositions majeures, présentées entre 1998 et 2001, sont décrites en termes d'articulation de l'espace via la lumière et les couleurs, la liberté des parcours, la fluidité et le mouvement, ainsi que d'une myriade de détails définissant l'exposition et l'expérience qui en découle pour le spectateur. Parmi les expositions, on y discute celle de Rodin, du "Ludique" et de Denis Juneau.
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May 2004, Québec
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Vienna Fair
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For almost a century Vienna has hosted fairs of international fame, an essential element in its position as an international center of commerce. With the recent completion of new fair buildings, the Prater has been "relaunched." Essays on the history of fairs in Vienna, a contribution by Gustav Peichl on new fair architecture, and historical insights by Markus Kristan(...)
Vienna Fair
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For almost a century Vienna has hosted fairs of international fame, an essential element in its position as an international center of commerce. With the recent completion of new fair buildings, the Prater has been "relaunched." Essays on the history of fairs in Vienna, a contribution by Gustav Peichl on new fair architecture, and historical insights by Markus Kristan give comprehensive coverage of an institution that once gave Vienna its image and that has now been restored to life.
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Jewish Museum Munich
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The opening of the Jewish Museum Munich in 2007 brings to a close almost eight decades of continuous effort to find a home for Jewish history and culture in Munich. The result is a museum that is dedicates to Munich's eventful Jewish history as well as to the most diverse aspects of Jewish culture in the past and present.
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January 1900, Munich, Berlin, London, New York
Jewish Museum Munich
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The opening of the Jewish Museum Munich in 2007 brings to a close almost eight decades of continuous effort to find a home for Jewish history and culture in Munich. The result is a museum that is dedicates to Munich's eventful Jewish history as well as to the most diverse aspects of Jewish culture in the past and present.
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From the summer of 1933 to the fall of 1934, more than 38 million fairgoers visited a 3-mile stretch along Lake Michigan, home to Chicago’s second World’s Fair. Millions more experienced the Century of Progress International Exposition through newspaper and magazine articles, newsreels, and souvenirs. Together, all marveled at the industrial, scientific, consumer, and(...)
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August 2007, Minneapolis, London
Building a century of progress : the architecture of Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair
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From the summer of 1933 to the fall of 1934, more than 38 million fairgoers visited a 3-mile stretch along Lake Michigan, home to Chicago’s second World’s Fair. Millions more experienced the Century of Progress International Exposition through newspaper and magazine articles, newsreels, and souvenirs. Together, all marveled at the industrial, scientific, consumer, and cultural displays, many of which were housed in fifty massive and colorful exhibition halls, the largest architectural project realized in the United States during the Great Depression. In the richly illustrated "Building a century of progress", Lisa D. Schrenk explores the pivotal role of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair in modern American architecture. She recounts how the exposition’s architectural commission promoted a broad definition of modern architecture, not relying on purely aesthetic characteristics but instead focusing on new design solutions. The fair’s pavilions incorporated recently introduced building materials such as masonite and gypsum board; structural innovations (for example, the first thin-shell concrete roof and the first suspended roof structures built in the United States); and new construction processes, most notably the use of prefabrication. They also featured curiosities like the giant, constantly operating mayonnaise maker and the glass-walled House of Tomorrow, which had no operable windows. Schrenk shows how the halls’ designs reflected cultural and political developments of the period, including the expanding relationships between science, industry, and government; the rise of a corporate consumer culture; and the impact of the Great Depression. Many of the designs provoked intense responses from critics and other prominent architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Adams Cram, fueling heated debates over the appropriate direction for architecture in the United States. Demonstrating the rich diversity of progressive American building design seen at the fair, this book captures a crucial moment in American modernism.
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The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003, by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, was his first completed, though temporary, structure in the UK. Sited on the Gallery's lawn from June 20th to September 14th, it offered visitors an opportunity to experience a space designed by one of the founding figures of modern architecture.
Oscar Niemeyer : Serpentine Gallery Pavillion 2003
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The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003, by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, was his first completed, though temporary, structure in the UK. Sited on the Gallery's lawn from June 20th to September 14th, it offered visitors an opportunity to experience a space designed by one of the founding figures of modern architecture.
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Markedly different in location and appearance, the four Tate Galleries--Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St. Ives, and Tate Modern--nevertheless share certain features: their waterside settings, their distance from fashionable city centers, and their role in the regeneration of their neighborhoods. Helen Searing traces the architectural history of each site, focusing on(...)
Art Spaces : the architecture of four Tates
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Markedly different in location and appearance, the four Tate Galleries--Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St. Ives, and Tate Modern--nevertheless share certain features: their waterside settings, their distance from fashionable city centers, and their role in the regeneration of their neighborhoods. Helen Searing traces the architectural history of each site, focusing on the buildings themselves as well as their artistic, political, and cultural contexts.
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