Even before the Covid crisis forced museums to close their doors, the thorny issues of ownership of objects, equity and social justice, and sources of funding rocked the museum world.
Now, as art museums slowly emerge from the pandemic-related closures, what has changed and what needs to be changed? How can museums become the places for racial reckoning as well as racial healing? Are we at an inflection point that will lead to true transformation or changes at the margins, leading to a new status quo?
Join museum directors and scholars in a conversation about the need and the possibilities for a new vision for art museums in the United States, Europe, and India.
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Panelists:
Dr. Arjun Appadurai, Goddard Professor (Emeritus) in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University
Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum
Kamini Sawhney, Director, Museum of Arts & Photography, Bangalore, India
Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Moderator: Dr. Vishakha N. Desai, Chair of the Committee on Global Thought, President Emerita, Asia Society
This program is part of the research project on Politics of Visual Arts of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. It is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
