Some time ago I was kindly given a copy of András Szántó’s latest volume of dialogues on aspects of the art world: first, during COVID, with museum directors; then with museum architects; now broadening the discussion to the wider institutions and sociology of the art world.  But for some reason, it has sat on my pile (a large pile) of books to read.

Tonight, I used it as preparation for a transatlantic discussion about museums (the differences between American and European museums) and I was struck by a fascinating comment in Szántó’s introduction:

What if the art world, struggling to attract tomorrow’s audiences, were to follow in the footsteps of symphonic music, ballet, and jazz, withdrawing into an amber grotto of splendid obscurity ?

Discuss !