A manual for the 21st century art institution : a room by room guide to the contemporary institution of the future, this collection of new essays considers the evolution of gallery and museum practice ; [produced upon the occasion of the opening of the ex

A Manual For the 21st Century Art Institution invites 12 writers-artists, academics, curators and gallery and museum directors-to assess the present trajectory of arts institutions by explicating various issues, each of which is associated with an imaginary room. Readers journey from the reception to the roof terrace via rooms dedicated to temporary exhibitions, site-specific commissions and collections displays, taking in the bookshop, café, auditorium and education spaces along the way. Bruce Altshuler, Iwona Blazwick, Chris Dercon, Maria Fusco, Caro Howell, Charles Merewether, Mark Nash, Brian O'Doherty, Niru Ratnam, Sukhdev Sandhu, Adam Szymczyk and Nayia Yiakoumaki are our guides to this inviting theater. The result is an indispensable handbook for art professionals, students and anyone curious about today's art world. This volume contains a series of commissioned texts by artists, curators, and art historians on the subject of the evolution of contemporary arts, institutions and the spaces contained therein __A Manual For the 21st Century Art Institution__