Actually, David, when I think of "gallery", I think first of "rogues
gallery".
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Harry
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David E. Haberstich" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: gallery v. museum
> In a message dated 00-12-15 17:37:07 EST, Harold Needham wrote:
>
> << Now, I may sound a tad bitter, but I think it is a case of the gallery
> allegedly elite looking down at we dirty nailed museum folk. >>
>
> Harry may be right about this: it's curious that some art museums would go
> out of their way to distinguish themselves from other kinds of museums by
> adopting a different generic name, yet at the same time risk being
confused
> with commercial entities. When you first hear of an unfamiliar "gallery",
> such as the "Blank Gallery of Modern Art," you don't immediately know
whether
> it's a museum or a dealership. To my mind, this is another reason the
public
> can get confused about the nature of museums. "Gallery" emphasizes the
> exhibition aspect of museums as opposed to the collections side. When
used
> in the name for an art museum, it's ambiguous, since "art galleries" may
be
> museums, non-collecting exhibition sites, or commercial dealerships. On
the
> other hand, to art lovers who just want to see art and don't care whether
> it's displayed in a museum setting or on a dealer's walls, perhaps it's a
> useful leveling device. I think it's amusing that some dealers use the
> plural form "galleries", even when they in fact have only one gallery
(room).
>
> David Haberstich
>
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