IN SEARCH OF A LOST AVANT/GARDE / AN ANTHROPOLOGIST INVESTIGATES THE CONTEMPORAR

In 2008, anthropologist Matti Bunzl was given rare access to observe the curatorial department of Chicagos Museum of Contemporary A rt. For five months, he sat with the institutions staff, witnessing firsthand what truly goes on behind the scenes at a contemporar y art museum. From fund-raising and owner loans to museum-artist relations to the immense effort involved in safely shipping sixty w orks from twenty-seven lenders in fourteen cities and five countries, Matti Bunzls In Search of a Lost Avant-Garde illustrates the inner workin...[Read more]