Books by Donatien Grau
“Donatien Grau, a relatively young curator at the Musee d’Orsay, went out of his way to interview the retired generation of museum directors, who people are very apt to forget.” Read more...
Charles Saumarez Smith, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
Interviews where books by Donatien Grau were recommended
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The Art Museum: From Boullee to Bilbao
by Andrew McClellan -
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A View from the Pacific: Re-Envisioning the Art Museum
by Michael Govan -
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Anti-Museum
by Adrian Franklin -
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Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum
by Dinah Casson -
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Living Museums: Conversations with Leading Museum Directors
by Donatien Grau
Best Books on the Art Museum, recommended by Charles Saumarez Smith
Best Books on the Art Museum, recommended by Charles Saumarez Smith
How has the architecture, vision, financing and public role of art museums around the world been transformed in the last century? And what does the history of art museums presage for their future as contested sites of cultural significance in the context of the pandemic’s challenge to public gathering places? Charles Saumarez Smith, one of the UK’s leading museum figures, brings us five books that reveal both the historic, civic humanist mission of the art museum, and its antithesis in the face of twenty first century challenges.
