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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't completely understand this cultural competition thing. I think that museums have got it all wrong in terms of who they think their visitors are.

How often do you think someone really asks themselves the question: should I go to the ROM today, or should I go to the AGO? People truly engaged with culture will go to both within the span of one year, not go to one at the expensive of the other.

If the AGO wanted to be honest with themselves about who their competition was (excluding out of town visitors), why don't they include Varsity Cinemas' on their 'friend' list?

July 15, 2008 at 9:05 PM

Blogger Leah Sandals said...

that's a good point, j. movies have a much wider draw than art does.

i want everyone to be interested in art, which make me just as clueless about real museum audiences as the museums themselves.

still, i know it irks me when they confuse the matter further with lack of cooperation and everyone for him or herselfness.

i also know that there are some museums (like the tate modern) that seem popular with a wide range of folks, and i wonder why that is.

i do think that making the admission comparable to or less than a movie ticket would be a must-do as a start. art is enough of an unknown for many torontonians without asking them to additionally shed 15 to 20 bucks on it.

July 16, 2008 at 7:22 PM

Blogger Anoynomous said...

"i want everyone to be interested in art, which make me just as clueless about real museum audiences as the museums themselves."

When you say you want everyone to be interested in art, you mean academic/institulazioned art. But if aliens were to land they'd look around at all of human creativity and probably lump that all together as art. So, would you say, 'you want everyone to be interested in heavy metal'? Or, 'I want everyone to be interested in ballet'? Etc...

It's my way of saying I don't agree that everyone should be interested in art, nor that those of us who are should care that much about getting others to like it. I think that desire has been a very distracting element to cultural production over several years.

July 17, 2008 at 1:14 PM

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