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My Museum’s Got More Picassos Than Yours

What’s the Secret to a Successful Museum?

 

Museums have a lot of people to answer to: artists and critics, curators and funders, and of course the visitors who stroll through their doors. Successful museums somehow satisfy–and even thrill–these many different constituencies, even as they adjust to changing technology and demographics in their communities. How do these museums do it? In advance of the Zócalo event “How Can L.A.’s Art Museums Thrive?” we asked museum directors and scholars to reveal the secret behind a successful museum.

Ask its visitors

A successful museum is an institution that matters to its …

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Cough Into Your Droid, Please

What Will Change Most About Our Routine Physicals Over the Next Decade?

 

Going to the doctor and getting your chest bumped and your arm squeezed might feel reassuring, but the physical, like primary care physicians, is on the wane. The good news …

Prepare To Die

What’s the Most Important Thing We Can Do To Take Control Of Our Final Days?

 

If you’re reading this, you will die. Of course, you’ll also die if you’re not reading this. Death is inescapable. We have a hard time accepting that, and we often …

Who Cares About Death Anymore?

Three Scholars On What the Rise Of Atheism Means For Our Feelings About the Hereafter

 

Few Americans, not even 5 percent, are strict atheists. But roughly a fifth of Americans subscribe to no organized religion and maintain a general skepticism toward religious faith. This is …

Are We Less Civil Now?

America’s Political Past Was Nastier in Some Ways-And Nicer In Others

 

In 21st-century American politics, the combatants don’t agree on much. But they do agree that political discourse isn’t as civil it should be. This is a very old complaint, since …

Don’t Sweat the Squalor?

Five Leading Economists Reflect On Whether American Wealth Disparity Is Inherent to the American Way

 

We all know that income inequality in the United States has grown. A few of us, if we’re especially bookish and wonky, can even cite terms like “Gini coefficient,” a …


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