Description

For this module assignment you will explore the world’s best museums, You may use the same museum as the discussion. Choose from the Guggenheim (any location), the Metropolitan, The MOMA (New York), or the Pompidou Center (Paris), or the Louvre.

Discuss the significance of the museum architecture.

Do these works (collections held within the museum OR the architecture) inspire you?

Can you find connections with these works within the cultural context (era in which they were created)?

Tell us your view on the importance of art for a message (social or otherwise). What difficulties might curators and collectors face when trying to justify art in this struggling economy? Do you feel that ‘high art’ becomes less or more relevant to our everyday experience?