The act of touching allows a deeper sensory understanding for the viewer while simultaneously creating a rebellion against the terms of viewing, the defining terms of the museum and gallery space.
Touching the Art
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Photographing Museum Visitors Behaving Badly
Photographer Stefan Drashan has captured many instances of visitors violating the most basic tenet of museum etiquette: do not touch the art.
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Performance Artists Use Stand-Up Tropes, but Not For Laughs
LOS ANGELES — There’s nothing funny about art. Writing art criticism is a serious endeavor. But at some point, the performance of professionalism in the art world just started to feel like one big joke.
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A Talk Show About Art
For its first original web series, Ovation TV has launched a talk show about art called Touching the Art. And why not?
