Museums at a Crossroads: Can Institutions Learn from Digital and Hybrid Art Practices?
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Charlotte Kent
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ArtReview asks several museum professionals to diagnose the current state and future direction of museums. The piece explores how museums function as authoritative spaces that legitimize artistic practices while also providing contexts for reassessment as public values evolve. It specifically examines the tension between traditional museum frameworks and digital art practices, questioning whether museums can learn from artists working with hybrid, code-based, and digital forms rather than simply asking whether digital art needs museums.
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As a historian, having to continually reassert what counts as digital art can be frustrating.
The question isn't simply whether digital art needs museums, but whether museums might learn from these artists and their hybrid practices
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