Research Catalog

Title

The private collector's museum : public good versus private gain / Georgina S. Walker.

Author

Walker, Georgina S.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

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Details

Description

xx, 260 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

The Private Collector's Museum connects the rising popularity of private museums with evolving models of collecting and philanthropy, and new inter-relationships between private and public space. It examines how contemporary collectors construct museums to frame themselves as cultural arbiters of global distinction.0By exploring a range of in-depth contemporary case studies, the book aims for a more complex understanding of the private collector's museum, assessing how it is realised, funded and understood in a broader cultural context. It examines the ways in which this particular museum model has evolved within a historical Western tradition of collecting and museum-building, and considers how private museums will endure alongside their public counterparts. It also sheds light on the shifting patterns of collecting, such as the transition of personal art collections into the public sphere. The developments are situated within the wider context of private-public engagement in general. Providing a new analysis of philanthropy, public access and the museum, The Private Collector's Museum is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the private museum, and key reading for those interested in related issues.

Series Statement

Routledge research in museum studies ; 23

Uniform Title

Routledge research in museum studies ; 23.

Subjects

• Museums
• Museums and community

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.

Contents

Setting the foundation: self-glorification is a small price to pay for philanthropy -- Private collecting: collecting in the twenth and twenty-first centuries -- Where house and art museum converge -- Subverting the notion of the house museum -- The emergence of the stand-alone museum: Museum Folkwang, Hagen (1902-1921) and Essen, Germany (1922) -- The German model of the private-public art museum -- The private-public collection museum: Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2009) and Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2004) Germany -- In defiance of the monumental museum: Menil Collection, Houston (1987) -- The new museum and its creator's grand plan: the Broad, Los Angeles, USA (2015) -- Conclusions: evolving philanthropic conventions.

Call Number

JFE 19-9777

ISBN

• 9781138555358
• 1138555355

OCLC

1104622481

Author

Walker, Georgina S., author.

Title

The private collector's museum : public good versus private gain / Georgina S. Walker.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge research in museum studies ; 23

Routledge research in museum studies ; 23.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.

Other Form:

Ebook version : 9781351370516

Research Call Number

JFE 19-9777