Public Art acknowledges the trend among contemporary museums to promote participatory and processual exhibition strategies meant to elicit subjective experience. At the same time it valorizes the obje
Hein (philosophy, Holy Cross College) compares museums and public art and the differences in their accessibility, and describes the movement of museums toward impermanence and qualities akin to public
During the past thirty years, museums of all kinds have tried to become more responsive to the interests of a diverse public. With exhibitions becoming people-centered, idea-oriented, and contextualiz