Breaking the ice with an art museum.

If I look at the counterparts of an art museum, let’s say a science museum, we know it carries exhibits that deal with concepts of science. When I go to a history museum I know that the artefacts displayed there are of historical significance, but when I go to an art museum it is there because it is… art? But what is art? Why is something art and something not? How does one explain to a layman why that thing sitting in an art museum is art without walking them through a lecture on art history? While I closely hold the thought that art lives in the individual’s interpretation, that explanation doesn’t seem enough. Without some valuable context, it is not easy to wholly appreciate the creation and curation of art. Context, which should be effortlessly communicable without requiring someone to flip through history books.

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