The Conversation Art Podcast

Epis.#288: Being a Museum Director during the Trump era


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Curator, writer and museum director Laura Raicovich talks about the challenges she faced as director of the Queens Museum, particularly around actively addressing the vulnerability of many Queens residents during the Trump era, including meeting some resistance from some the museum's board members. She also discusses issues around diversity and where museums need to be moving, topics she's addressed in her upcoming book, "Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest." We also discuss the controversy around the postponed Philip Guston retrospective, and the various projects she's taking on as her run as a museum director winds down.

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