PERFORMANCE IN THE MUSEUM

Performance in the Museum charts the main stages of the inclusion of performance in the museum from the 1960s to the present day, offering a thought-provoking and highly readable assessment of some fundamental questions in contemporary curatorial practice. While performance emerged in the late 1960s as an anti-institutional form of art, it has recently gained an extraordinary visibility in contemporary art museums. This book focuses on four specific areas affecting museums: the staging of live performance within exhibitions, the conse...[Leer más]