The chairman of the board at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library emphasized how museums create conversations.
During the museum’s recent renovations, some works that will be on view have toured other institutions such as the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid and the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, among others. The HSM&L is expected to fully reopen early next year.
As traditional art museums and institutions are reckoning with the need to appeal to more diverse audiences, the HSM&L’s exhibition shows more than its artworks by El Greco, Goya and Sorolla, including relatively unknown Latin American artists. As for how museums are increasingly interested in fashion-related shows as a way to introduce people to their museums and present fashion in a different way, de Montebello said: “The definition of art is ever-expanding. That is nothing new. There is now a multiplicity that did not exist in earlier centuries where the canon was very fixed and very Eurocentric.
Asked how other museums might try to welcome more people beyond ticket sales or an online presence, de Montebello said: “I don’t think welcoming more people is the fundamental issue — it’s providing them with the best possible experience. It really isn’t about numbers. It’s about quality — the quality of what is presented and how it is communicated. Sheer numbers, that’s arithmetic.”
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