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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Laura RaicovichPublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Weight: 0.182kg ISBN: 9781839767838ISBN 10: 1839767839 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 26 September 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents"1. Revelations Artist Nan Goldin and the Sackler Family * The Historical Roots of Museums * The Untenability of the Universal * Progressive Era Reform 2. Art and Context Colonialism and Repatriation * Dana Schutz at the Whitney * The Philip Guston Retrospective * Sam Durant at the Walker 3. Show Me the Money Questions for Philanthropy * Warren Kanders, Tear Gas, and the Whitney * Reimagining Public Funding * Questioning Governance 4. Unlearning, Undoing, Remaking Alternate Storytellings * Approaches to Decolonization and Indigenization * Survivance 5. The Neutrality Problem Spilled Ink * Materializing the Neutral * Working toward the ""Not-Yet"" 6. Going Forward Who Is ""We""? * Collective Work * Invitations to Participate * Public Culture 7. Liberation Serif COVID-19 * Breath * Reckonings and Demands"ReviewsUrgent -- Travis Diehl * art-agenda * [Culture Strike] brilliantly problematizes the pervasive old myth of neutrality. -- Dessane Lopez Cassell * Hyperallergic * A must-read ... Culture Strike contains layers of honest observation from museum professionals, loving critique, historical context, and case studies that illuminate the best and worst in museum culture to offer a clear path forward. -- Cara Ober * BmoreArt * Maps out thoughtful considerations of pressing subjects that apply everywhere. Among them are the private power of philanthropy, the practical and spiritual benefits of staff diversity, unionizing cultural institutions, and the contours of museums' social responsibility. -- Christopher Knight * Los Angeles Times * Offers key contextual and historical lenses through which to consider protests that have occurred at institutions worldwide, addressing topics from museum funding to workers' rights. * Ocula * An engaging and personally invested discussion of the many controversies that have engulfed American museums -- JJ Charlesworth * ArtReview * Culture Strike is a must-read account of how museums have positioned themselves as progressive while working hard to maintain the status quo. Written by someone who knows the ropes and drawing on interviews and conversations from all corners of the art world, it is a road map of how we've gotten where we are, a blueprint for change, and a love letter to museums for their potential to change the world if only we would think differently about them. -Aruna D'souza, author of Whitewalling In this brave and bracing book, Laura Raicovich critiques our cultural institutions with compassion, curiosity, and conviction. Through insightful case studies and compelling history lessons, Culture Strike examines the many ways museums are implicated in capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy, recognizing the profound power imbalances and biases that plague the sector without losing sight of the radical democratic possibility that also exists therein. By shredding the myth of neutrality and universalism that prop up an unjust status quo, Raicovich challenges us to tap into our creativity to imagine and finally build a truly public, egalitarian, and inclusive cultural sphere we deserve. -Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It when It's Gone Laura Raicovich's incisive critiques and exposures are not just about taking sides or taking down. Her articulations are enveloped by an impassioned understanding that to survive meaningfully you need the heart to evolve and the soul intact. -Mel Chin, artist and MacArthur Fellow Urgent. -Travis Diehl, art-agenda Raicovich doesn't just provide an analysis of everything that's gone wrong-she also details a refreshing look at a few cases where museums have stepped up and made changes. -Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews Raicovich has thought deeply about how cultural institutions can better reflect and answer to their communities. -Helen Holmes, Observer [Culture Strike] brilliantly problematizes the pervasive old myth of 'neutrality.' -Dessane Lopez Cassell, Hyperallergic A must-read ... Culture Strike contains layers of honest observation from museum professionals, loving critique, historical context, and case studies that illuminate the best and worst in museum culture to offer a clear path forward. -Cara Ober, BmoreArt Maps out thoughtful considerations of pressing subjects that apply everywhere. Among them are the private power of philanthropy, the practical and spiritual benefits of staff diversity, unionizing cultural institutions, and the contours of museums' social responsibility. -Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Offers key contextual and historical lenses through which to consider protests that have occurred at institutions worldwide, addressing topics from museum funding to workers' rights. -Ocula An engaging and personally invested discussion of the many controversies that have engulfed American museums. -JJ Charlesworth, ArtReview Culture Strike is a must-read account of how museums have positioned themselves as progressive while working hard to maintain the status quo. Written by someone who knows the ropes and drawing on interviews and conversations from all corners of the art world, it is a road map of how we've gotten where we are, a blueprint for change, and a love letter to museums for their potential to change the world if only we would think differently about them. -Aruna D'souza, author of Whitewalling In this brave and bracing book, Laura Raicovich critiques our cultural institutions with compassion, curiosity, and conviction. Through insightful case studies and compelling history lessons, Culture Strike examines the many ways museums are implicated in capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy, recognizing the profound power imbalances and biases that plague the sector without losing sight of the radical democratic possibility that also exists therein. By shredding the myth of neutrality and universalism that prop up an unjust status quo, Raicovich challenges us to tap into our creativity to imagine and finally build a truly public, egalitarian, and inclusive cultural sphere we deserve. -Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It when It's Gone Laura Raicovich's incisive critiques and exposures are not just about taking sides or taking down. Her articulations are enveloped by an impassioned understanding that to survive meaningfully you need the heart to evolve and the soul intact. -Mel Chin, artist and MacArthur Fellow Urgent. -Travis Diehl, art-agenda Raicovich doesn't just provide an analysis of everything that's gone wrong-she also details a refreshing look at a few cases where museums have stepped up and made changes. -Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews Raicovich has thought deeply about how cultural institutions can better reflect and answer to their communities. -Helen Holmes, Observer [Culture Strike] brilliantly problematizes the pervasive old myth of 'neutrality.' -Dessane Lopez Cassell, Hyperallergic A must-read ... Culture Strike contains layers of honest observation from museum professionals, loving critique, historical context, and case studies that illuminate the best and worst in museum culture to offer a clear path forward. -Cara Ober, BmoreArt Maps out thoughtful considerations of pressing subjects that apply everywhere. Among them are the private power of philanthropy, the practical and spiritual benefits of staff diversity, unionizing cultural institutions, and the contours of museums' social responsibility. -Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Offers key contextual and historical lenses through which to consider protests that have occurred at institutions worldwide, addressing topics from museum funding to workers' rights. -Ocula Author InformationLaura Raicovich was president and executive director of the Queens Museum, and prior to that was with Creative Time and Dia Art Foundation. She is a recipient of both the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship and the inaugural Emily H. Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators at Hyperallergic. She co-edited Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production and is the author of At the Lightning Field and A Diary of Mysterious Difficulties. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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