Who should pick the Art for Art Exhibits?
- Art Connoisseurs
The General Public
For museums the answer has ALWAYS been that the experts should pick. They know better; that is their job. But, there is a new exhibit that just opened at the Brooklyn Museum where the public was asked to select the art.
The Exhibit is called "Click" and it will be on exhibit June 27–August 10, 2008.
When selecting art for HealthCare the answer about who should pick the art is trickier. Many who believe in Evidence-based Art would say that the kind of art that art connoisseurs pick is often not appropriate. For example, they might say that abstract art is always wrong.
Interestingly, the most popular art for the general public is identical to the art which is the best (according to many research studies).
The New York Times has a review of "Click" here
It concludes: "the exhibition itself is not very interesting to look at, but the issues it raises are fascinating"
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