August 2009 Archives
A recent
article from the New York Times, explores the trend of banks and other businesses acting
as curators for major art exhibitions. Corporations like JP Morgan Chase and
UBS have long owned extensive art collections, and many of these works have
been loaned to museums for display. But recently corporate entities like Bank
of America have played a curatorial role in the development of new exhibitions.
Does this undermine the importance of curatorial independence on the part of
the exhibiting museum? Does corporate sponsorship lead to artistic compromise and
commercialization? Read the full article here.
