New models for new times: Rethinking the art market in a changing world The past year has presented the art trade with unprecedented challenges, but it has also revealed how […]
During this interactive event, Lucy Rose Sollitt and Jo Townshend convene a panel of experts working in the field of art and technology to consider: What if approaches to selling […]
In this forum, panellists will consider whether, when the pandemic ebbs, they expect and would welcome a return of these large-scale exhibitions. Or whether they think that the current Covid-related […]
This year, we will organize a series of virtual “Art & Finance Panels” in collaboration with ArtCity*, a novel interactive platform that replicates as closely as possible the in-person experience […]
Join Jing Culture & Commerce, Fliggy, the travel services platform of Alibaba, and The British Museum for an in-depth exploration of livestreaming and its potential for museums, cultural institutions, and […]
What sustains us? The conference theme for MCN 2020 VIRTUAL—an experience like no other previous conference—is Sustainability: Preserve/Progress. Together, we will explore the tension between transformation and longevity. Sustainability has many facets—technological, financial, environmental, cultural, social, and personal. We recognize the increasingly fraught nature of sustainability—amplified now as we navigate global crises in health, labor, […]
CRISIS, CHANGE AND CULTURE 2020 is not the year we thought it was going to be. A global pandemic has changed our day-to-day lives. The Covid crisis has brought home how connected our lives are across the globe, while the injustices and societal inequalities that exist between them have been thrown into sharp relief. This […]
It has long been an accepted belief that a museum is a temple of art. These days, however, priorities of museums have shifted from storing exhibits and expanding their collections to attracting the attention of various audiences. Increasingly more often, museums seek to become cultural institutions of interest. In their turn, additional museum services, such […]
Do you believe museums can become agents of change to foster better futures respecting people and the Planet? Do you want to start the ecological transition of your museum? Do you want to inspire your museum colleagues to commit to the climate crisis agenda? And most of all, you are passionate about innovation and change? […]
Museums making sense will discuss how museums can help visitors make sense of complicated matters – be it climate change or migration processes or economic relations. Through storytelling methods, museums can help us understand complex interrelations. Multiperspective approaches can help us appreciate different perspectives. Museums can work as innovative labs to test different complex scenarios, giving the opportunity […]
