Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.
I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours.
There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters.
[upon entering the museum] Joker: Gentlemen! Let's broaden our minds. Lawrence?
The most awful museums are in China. They have magnificent stuff on display and just the worst way of displaying it. They just don't spend money on lighting and installation.
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Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.
Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art.
Many say an art dealer running a museum is a 'conflict of interest.' But maybe the art world has lived an artificial or unintentional lie all of these years when it comes to conflicts of interest.
If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.
Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved.
I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color.
The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art.
and everyone wants to read the poem we’re afraid to write.
Maybe I’m still the mermaid. Maybe the ocean is your hand.
As I go under, I wonder if there’s a reason for art?
Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum.
It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone.
