NATIONAL GALLERIES

National Galleries is the first book to undertake a panoramic view of a type of national institution which are sometimes called na tional museums offine art that is now found in almost every nation on earth. Adopting a richly illustrated, globally inclusive, co mparative view, Simon Knell argues that national galleries should not be understood as great galleries but as peculiar sites where art is made to perform in acts of nation building. A book that fundamentally rewrites the history of these institutions andencourag es the reade...[Read more]