The right to the museum : race, gender and power in New York City's art museums, 1966-1976 / Caroline Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Caroline, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Art and society.

Artists and museums--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Artists and museums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Explores how artists and activists reimagined museum spaces in New York in the 1960s and 70s, with each chapter focussed on a particular institution.

Contents:

Introduction: Museums, Artists and New York City

1 Inhabiting the Museum: Artists and the Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery

2 Liberation and Destruction: Puerto Rican Artists at the Museum of Modern Art

3 A Feminist Meeting Place: MUSEUM: A Project for Living Artists

4 Developing an Artists' Museum: The Whitney Museum of American Art

5 Alien Places and Abandoned Spaces: PS1 and Museums in Queens

Conclusion: A Return to the Right to the Museum

Timeline of Activist Events.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Wallace, Caroline The Right to the Museum

ISBN:

9781350412286

OCLC:

1587902286