Decentring the Museum: Contemporary Art Institutions and Colonial Legacies

by Paul Goodwin and Nina Möntmann

Nina M ntmann's timely book extends the decolonisation debate to the institutions of contemporary art. In a thoughtfully articulated text, illustrated with pertinent examples of best practice, she argues that museums and galleries of contemporary art have a responsibility to 'decenter' their institutions, removing from their collections, exhibition policies and infrastructures a deeply embedded Euro-centric cultural focus with roots in the history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848225504
• ISBN13: 9781848225503
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"