Record numbers of visitors are flocking to blockbuster exhibitions. Behind all the excitement, there are difficult questions over how to address their carbon footprint.
The Lee Krasner exhibition at London’s Barbican, 2019.
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Charging over £20 for admission is one thing – but what about reaching beyond the usual audience?
What blockbuster exhibition will you see this summer? One option is Matthew Barney’s River of Fundament at MONA.
Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: Rémi Chauvin
I still remember my first blockbuster art exhibition. Two Decades of American Painting came to Australia under the auspices of New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1967. This summer, art lovers can pick…
Rising costs, the growing difficulty of securing loans, and a lack of curating talent have made the blockbuster exhibition a hazardous enterprise.
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A blockbuster art exhibition can double the annual attendance of an art museum and pull in significant amounts of money. Bring Vermeer’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring to the Frick Collection in New York…
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