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Article: Institutional Anxieties MASS MoCA v. Christoph Buchel.(The Third Degree)(Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art)
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- March 22, 2008
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Art museums are facing a critical moment. Once both admired and ridiculed for upholding and defining high culture, art institutions today are flagging as custodians of contemporary art. The newspapers have especially been unfavorable of late, even circulating notions of museums actively "selling out." Such large outfits as the Tate Modern are allegedly in bed with the Swiss financial firm UBS, and we are also informed that industry giants like L.A.'s MOCA and the Guggenheim often accept funding from galleries when mounting exhibitions. The latest controversy to come along concerns MASS MoCA trampling on an artist's rights in fear of ...
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