title: Experience or Interpretation: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art (28th Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture)
author:  Nicholas Serota 
description: In an age where culture is consumed by a wider public than ever before, galleries and museums are no longer just repositories. They are sites of experience where the mind is often engaged as much as the eye. This work is an account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. The author examines the relationship between the artist, the public and the curator. He takes the reader into the artist's studio, itself a paradigm of display, and then on a wide-ranging international tour of museums, galleries and installations. He provides an expert view of the ways we can expect art to be displayed in the 21st century.
zlib_text: Johannes Siapkas and Lena Sjögren
  Displaying the Ideals 
  of Antiquity
  ROUTLEDGE  MONOGRAPHS IN CLASSICAL STUDIES
  The Petrified Gaze
  
   Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity  investigates the study and display of an-
  cient sculpture from archaeological, art history and museum studies per-
  spectives. Ancient sculptures not only give us knowledge about ancient 
  Greek and Roman pasts, but they also mediate ideals that inform us about 
  modern perceptions of antiquity. This book analyzes how an art historical 
  tradition establishes and preserves an idealized view of antiquity in classical 
  archaeology and in museum exhibitions. The authors also investigate how 
  these ideals are kept alive today—an approach that often is neglected in 
  studies on ancient reception. 
   This book stands out among current publications in its international 
  scope and in illustrating how academic conceptual foundations inﬂ uence 
  museum exhibitions. This perspective is not only relevant to classical ar-
  chaeology and ar