Between Quote by Theaster Gates

As artists we need to stop making work only for gallery or museum walls, or the coffee tables of collectors.

— Zoe Buckman

Artists who take on curatorial activities have the advantage of negating the professional hurdles and limitations comprising institutions.

— Michelle Grabner

The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible…

— Theaster Gates

It is as much the conversations between objects as between us and objects that make museums so valuable.

— Antony Gormley

“Although the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make work that "looks like art" and behave in ways that…

— Sarah Thornton

If the standard for art is the decency of its creators, we're going to have a lot of empty museums.

— Bari Weiss

Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art.

— Charles Saatchi

Museums, museums, object-lessons rigged out to illustrate the unsound theories of archaeologists, crazy attempts to co-ordinate and get into a fixed order that which…

— D. H. Lawrence

“[...] exhibition designers must be able to manage and work creatively with the digital information that surrounds and exhibition. Increasingly, the assets of a…

— Philip Hughes

“Museums hold collections in trust for future generations. It is our responsibility to see that these objects—representing the cultural heritage of more than 8,000…

— Holly Witchey

The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and…

— Martin Filler

I hate it when people say that art shouldnt be a commodity. A lot of the rooms in museums, and all the Frieze week…

— Grayson Perry