The Art History Newsletter

Archives for February 2010

(Not) For Attribution

1 February 2010 | Modern

Lee Rosenbaum recently noted the rising popularity of exhibitions about attribution mysteries: “One side-effect of museums’ efforts to cut costs may be a proliferation of this subset of the ‘dossier exhibition’—the attribution exhibition. If museums must curtail sprawling (and expensive) blockbusters, they’re going to need a hook to attract visitors to smaller shows.” In ARTnews, [...]

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