{"product_id":"museum-inc-paul-werner-9780976147510","title":"Museum, Inc.: Inside the Global Art World","description":"Has corporate business overtaken the art world? It's no secret that art and business have always mixed, but their relationship today sparks more questions than ever. \u003ci\u003eMuseum, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e describes the new art conglomerates from an insider's perspective, probing how their roots run deep into corporate culture. Paul Werner draws on his nine years at the Guggenheim Museum to reveal that contemporary art museums have not broken radically with the past, as often claimed. Rather, Werner observes, they are the logical outcome of the evolution of cultural institutions rooted in the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, the colonial expansion of the liberal nation-state, and the rhetoric of democracy.\u003cbr\u003eIn a witty and argumentative style, Werner critically analyzes today's art institutions and reframes the public's accepted view of them, exposing how their apparent success belies the troubling forces operating within them. He ultimately argues that the art museum we know and love may have already run its course. An engaging discourse structured as an informal gallery talk, \u003ci\u003eMuseum, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking and passionate polemic that offers ideas for a new, more democratic museum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Werner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0976147513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976147510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prickly Paradigm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.06h x 4.96w x 0.21d","brand":"Paul Werner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449075282175,"sku":"9780976147510","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_573a3ac8-e85a-4552-9cec-a774b93cfd39.jpg?v=1777261845","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/museum-inc-paul-werner-9780976147510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}