Issue #26 Museums and Universities

Museums and Universities

Luis Camnitzer

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Issue #26
June 2011










Notes
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See . The full statement is: “The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University is an educational and cultural institution dedicated to collecting, preserving and exhibiting the finest of modern and contemporary art. The programs of the Rose adhere to the overall mission of the University, embracing its values of academic excellence, social justice, and freedom of expression. An active participant in the academic, cultural, and social life of Brandeis, the Rose seeks to stimulate public awareness and disseminate knowledge of modern and contemporary art to enrich educational, cultural, and artistic communities regionally, nationally, and internationally. The Rose affirms the principle that knowledge of the past informs an understanding of the present and provides the critical foundation for shaping the future. It promotes learning and understanding of the evolving meanings, ideas, and forms of visual art relevant to contemporary society.”

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See .

3

Fernando Báez, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books (New York: Atlas & Co., 2008), 44–45.

4

Randy Kennedy and Hugh Eakins, “Met Chief, Unbowed, Defends Museum’s Role,” New York Times, February 28, 2006. See

5

Luis Camnitzer, “La colección latinoamericana del Museo Guggenheim,” Arte en Colombia 37 (September 1988): 31–32