Art Capital: Museum Politics and the Making of the Louvre Abu Dhabi

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The Institute for Middle East Studies, in partnership with the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, invites you to join author Beth Derderian https://bethderderian.com/about me/ and discussant Joshua Bell https://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/joshua bell for an exploration of Art Capital: Museum Politics and the Making of the Louvre Abu Dhabi https://www.sup.org/books/anthropology/art capital . Museums often served nationalist and imperialist interests in the past, but the primary force in the 21st century is the market. Museum franchising—exemplified by the Louvre Abu Dhabi—is one of the most visible cases of the increasing entanglement of art and museums with capital interests. Such projects are often touted as global enterprises diversifying the art world. Frequent…

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