The exhibitionist : living museums, loving museums / Karl Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Karl, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Katz, Karl.

Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem).

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.).

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Bet ha-tefutsot (Tel Aviv, Israel).

Museum curators--Biography.

Museum curators.

Museums--History--20th century.

Museums.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This is a book about museums over the last half century. It is about my work in these institutions, as 'the exhibitionist' of the title, but also my experiences as a director and a student, as an archaeologist and a techie, as a curator and a collector. It roughly follows my career on its zigzagging course from New York to Israel and back again. Along the way it also recounts the efforts of my able colleagues, from the deep ranks of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the mayor of Jerusalem, from university scholars to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis"--Introduction.

Contents:

The Educator

The Archaeologist

The Curator

The Planner

The Director

The Defendant

The Exhibitionist

The Photographer

The Filmmaker

The Conceptualist.

ISBN:

9781468312836

1468312839

OCLC:

928133793