• Museums and Art Galleries Exhibit Cultural Traditions

     

    Essays2 Art

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Published: 25.04.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Museums and art galleries do exhibit cultural traditions to a certain extent, but often try to confront the audience's expectations. As cultural traditions are the conventions accepted by a society to display its culture, tastes or preferences and are governed by time and context, these traditions are constantly changing. Therefore challenging the mainstream becomes a challenge in itself. Opinions and beliefs change over time so museums and art galleries exhibit a range of works to appeal to a wide audience and present new ideas that could revolutionise the way people relate to art, though they may b confronted at first.
Brisbane gallery contained a number of exhibits ranging from the new Fiona Hall gallery, indigenous works, sculpture and installations, and an exhibition from Queensland's year twelve artists. …

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