Comments on: New or Same Old Museum?

By: Leah Sandals

Leah Sandals — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:45:17 +0000

Thanks for this post, Hrag. I’m a bit late coming to it, but it is definitely informative, as well as saddening. I will keep in it mind here in Toronto as Richard Flood gives a couple of talks at our wee art fair this weekend.

By: highlowbetween

highlowbetween — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:48:33 +0000

Great rant Hrag. When visiting, I always find myself thinking about how cheap the building materials look – not good for an Art Museum.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:35:21 +0000

Excellent article Hrag. I agree with James too. The idea of trendy problems from day one has seldom been mentioned before.

By: Hrag

Hrag — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:27:46 +0000

There was a rogue show around the corner from Younger Than Jesus, one of the people I know who works at the New Museum told me that and someone else confirmed it (though I never saw it), it was called Older Than God (or was it Moses)…something like that.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:09:52 +0000

I’m waiting for the show; ‘Older than dirt’.

By: Lawrence Swan

Lawrence Swan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:05:34 +0000

Maybe we need halfway houses for the formerly institutionalized avant garde.

By: Hrag Vartanian

Hrag Vartanian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:53:34 +0000

Good points, but what do you mean by “post institutional” James?

By: Same Old New Museum — Hrag Vartanian

Same Old New Museum — Hrag Vartanian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:01:51 +0000

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By: James Kalm

James Kalm — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:27:13 +0000

Great post Hrag.
I think the situation points to a crippling dilemma, not only with the New but various other “institutions” that purport to be “of the avant-garde”. How can you put forth a valid “institutional critique” once you’ve become an institution? We’ve reached the juncture were “Post Institutional” art is, for advanced practitioners, the only way forward. At least until that concept becomes “institutionalized”.