LIVING MUSEUMS / CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADING MUSEUM DIRECTORS

For this ambitious inquiry, Grau traveled to Williamstown, New York City, Vienna, Oxford, Ampthill, Moscow, Berlin and London to spe ak to the people working behind the scenes in the Western worlds greatest museums. Focusing on the 1960s to the 2000s, Grau details the stories of these cultural institutions from the perspectives of those who know them best: architect Frank Gehry explains his in spiration for the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain while Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova reminisces on the five decades she spent as Director of Mosco...[Read more]