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Tate Modern's Frances Morris and LACMA's Michael Govan are among the museum directors discussing how institutional collections can keep up with their time

How to update museums for the 21st Century 

The last decade has seen the emergence of new challenges for collecting institutions. Contemporary discourses demand a new reading of art history, one that can tell ‘inclusive, de-centered, de-colonialized, and timely stories’, says author and cultural strategy consultant András Szántó, the chair of the Museum Talk | The Collecting Institution: Acquisitions and Representations panel.The complexity of the mechanisms forging museums’ identities – including their acquisition policies and structural expansion – has also grown exponentially. Globalization has blurred the line between cultural centers and the so-called peripheries, and the rise in popularity of ephemeral and performative practices is forcing museum professionals to redefine what constitutes a collectible artwork.The museum directors speaking on this panel are confronted with these questions on a daily basis. In this Conversation, they discuss how they approach their collections’ changing roles and how to adapt their institutions to a rapidly evolving artworld.Participants: Agustín Pérez Rubio, Artistic Director, <a href="http://www.malba.org.ar/en/"> Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires</a>, Buenos Aires; Frances Morris, Director, <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern"> Tate Modern</a>, London; Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Juan Andrés Gaitán, Director, <a href="http://www.museotamayo.org/"> Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo</a>, Mexico City; and Eve Tam, Museum Director, <a href="http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Arts/en_US/web/ma/home.html"> Hong Kong Museum of Art</a>, Hong Kong.Moderated by András Szántó, Author and Cultural Strategy Consultant, New York. The panel discussion took place during <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach">Art Basel Hong Kong</a> in March 2018.

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Tate Modern's Frances Morris and LACMA's Michael Govan are among the museum directors discussing how institutional collections can keep up with their time