Review: CALL IT MUSEUM, Otto Ruin, SvD

Otto Ruin has written about CALL IT MUSEUM for Svenska Dagbladet. Below is an excerpt:

“The opening of “Call it a museum” could not have been more well-timed. The same week, the government presented its criticized proposal to merge the Moderna Museet, Arkdes and the Public Art Agency Sweden into a new agency.

At the same time, several museums are going through a major transformation that is not just because of cost-cutting demands. Digitization, attracting a screen-addicted generation, political governance and ICOM’s debated definition of a museum require new ideas.”

“The time of change is prevailing at the museum as a place and institution, as well as society at large, which requires an updated critique.”

Read the article here