{"title":"Adrian Franklin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdrian Franklin’s works delve into the intersection of culture, art, and society, offering insightful perspectives on how museums and cultural institutions shape public experience. His books, including \u003cem\u003eAnti-Museum\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Making of MONA\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the evolving roles of museums in contemporary life, challenging traditional notions of curation and audience engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking analysis grounded in education and cultural studies, illuminating the dynamic relationship between art spaces and their communities. Franklin’s writing appeals to those interested in the broader cultural conversations that define our understanding of heritage and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-making-of-mona-by-adrian-franklin-9780670077861","title":"The Making of MONA","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inside story of Australia's most exciting museum. Hailed as the most important addition to the Australian cultural landscape since the opening of the Sydney Opera House, MONA has shaken up the art world by breathing life and delight back into the museum experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVisitors are flocking to MONA, but what is it about MONA that makes it such a transformative experience? And how on earth did an amateur private collector manage to set up one of the world's great art destinations on the edge of a remote island city? This is the inside story of how MONA came to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a degree of access rarely granted to others, sociologist and design expert Adrian Franklin takes readers deep behind the scenes to reveal how MONA became what it is today—from its origins on the banks of the Derwent River, to the architectural and building process, to the branding and curation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart modern art history, part biography of a place, \u003cem\u003eThe Making of MONA\u003c\/em\u003e is for readers who are as fascinated by the MONA building and experience as they are by the collection and the man behind it all. This is an extraordinary tribute to an extraordinary place, one that will allow the MONA effect to resonate for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Much to my surprise, and thankfully, I'm rather enjoying MONA and me being put under the microscope.'\u003c\/em\u003e — David Walsh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In Australia maybe the future has already arrived at a place that redefines the term art gallery ...'\u003c\/em\u003e — Edmund Capon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Gorgeously illustrated and packaged ... 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Drawing on a range of case studies, including the New Museum and PS1 in New York, Mona in Australia, Art42 in Paris and Donald Judd’s Marfa, the book assesses their potential to engage museum publics in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnti-museums seek to breathe relational and theatricalised vitality into the objects they exhibit, by connecting them to the contexts of their making, to their social life outside the museum, to visitors' lives via their transformative capacities for change, and by being a place of dialogue, exchange and transformation, rather than instruction. Documenting the ways in which they have been created by artists, collectors, and curators, the book also examines the extent to which anti-museums connect with other museums through the exchange of values and resources. Critically, it asks whether, after some 40 years of ‘new museology’, such institutions are still able to offer something fresh and valuable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnti-Museum\u003c\/em\u003e provides a sharp and incisive account of the anti-museum as it has been imagined, realised and experienced, and as it has relevance for understanding and working in the contemporary museum world. As such, the book will be of great interest to scholars and students engaged in the study of museums, cultural economy, inclusive urban regeneration, the democratisation of art and contemporary art. 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