Tag Archives: El Museo del Barrio

Avant-Garde Museology in a Multicultural and Global America

Using the recently published anthology Avant-Garde Museology as its launching point, the symposium “Avant Museology” began its two–city, two–weekend run on November 11th and 12th at the Brooklyn Museum. The expansive conference of thirteen rigorous and engaging presentations considered early Soviet attempts to use museums to craft a “better, more evolved human being” by making them more reflective of all aspects of life, in content and form.


Movement Building for Beginners

Who are the artists that consider themselves part of contemporary artist-run culture? What is the public purpose for our work? How are we organized?