Art and Its Publics: Museum Studies at the Millennium

Bringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, Art and its Publics tackles current issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the most pressing of contemporary concerns.

• Brings together essays that focus on the interface between the art object, its site of display, and the viewing public.
• Tackles issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice.
• Presents a cross-section of contemporary concerns with contributions from museum professionals as well as academics.
• Part of the New Interventions in Art History series, published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.

Author: Andrew McClellan
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 04/11/2003
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780631230472

About the Author
Andrew McClellan is Associate Professor of Art History at Tufts University. He is author of Inventing the Louvre: Art, Politics, and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-century Paris (1999).