Museums – Jumbo Egos, Jumbo Falls

Hilton Kramer is cranky about over-ambitious expansion plans of museums chasing glory (and money). “How are we to characterize the narrative of turbulence and disarray that has lately overtaken some of our local institutions? I suggest that we think of it as the Museum Expansion Follies, for it’s in the service of this muddled narrative that a lot of money is spent (and lost) these days without much regard for negative consequences. And not only money…”