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Will LACMA’s New Building Free It Or Destroy It?

VISUAL Posted: April 1, 2020 11:28 am

The debate here echoes similar ones going on throughout the art world. What is the purpose of the encyclopaedic museum: to present a rational version of the world in discrete categories, as they’ve functioned since the 19th century, or to challenge those hierarchies, taking into account the opening up of the canon that is taking place? – Apollo

VISUAL Published: 03.30.20

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