Night at the Museum

Night At The Museum

“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” – Pablo Picasso

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"Art is never finished, only abandoned.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

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“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

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“Every child is an artist; the problem is staying an artist when you grow up” – Pablo Picasso

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“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol

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“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” – Andre Gide

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“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” – Bob Ross

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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso

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“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.” – Albert Einstein

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“I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.” – Vincent van Gogh

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“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali

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“To be an artist is to believe in life.” – Henry Moore

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“Every good painter paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock

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“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle

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“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Andy Warhol

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“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso

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“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.” – Paul Klee

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About This Project

Night at the Museum is a research project that aims to investigate how certain demographics, particularly white males, became so disproportionately represented in museum settings. With large social movements in the United States and an increasingly changing political landscape, pushes toward more inclusivity and diversity are occurring across society. Museums are supposed to be public institutions that serve as looking glasses into society democratizing spaces for dialogue. However, data from a research study published in the PLoS One journal in 2019, which surveyed for the diversity of artists in 18 major museums in the U.S., revealed that the work of white and male artists overwhelmingly constitutes the art displayed in museums. Meanwhile, the number of women and people of color represented in museum collections pales in comparison. Using the data from this survey as a jumping off point, we intend to examine the ways in which museum management practices can change to address these disparities and become more inclusive spaces for underrepresented and historically marginalized minorities.

Research Questions

Goals

This project’s purpose is not just to highlight the disparity of representation rather, it seeks to contextualize it within the centuries of systematic exclusion that led to these disparities in the art world today and explore the potential implications of this exclusion culturally and socially. This exclusion has undoubtedly shaped the perception of fine art, and as we continue to explore how we can combat the existing inequalities in these institutions, we will begin to understand how better representation in museums will lead to heightened awareness for different perspectives of U.S cultural history.