M+, MoMA, and Centre Pompidou Form Global Cultural Alliance
What happened
M+, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Pompidou announced a wide-ranging cultural alliance that treats their respective holdings as a shared collection. This collection will be curated by staff spread across three continents. The combined holdings of the Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Pompidou number in the hundreds of thousands of objects.
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Why it matters
The alliance is designed to deliver a more sustainable baseline for museum work, with Laurent Le Bon stating that the institutions will be 'more than the sum of our parts.' The collaboration involves combining the extensive collections of the three institutions, including M+'s definitive collection of contemporary Chinese art.
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Who's involved
- Museum of Modern ArtArt museum that is part of the new shared collection
- Laurent Le BonPresident of the Centre Pompidou and participant in the alliance
- András SzántóCultural strategist who predicted the need for museum collaboration
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Museum of Modern ArtSpeculative
The Museum of Modern Art might increase its operational scale and audience demand through the shared collection.
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The entities involved
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Museum of Modern Art
art museum in Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States
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Laurent Le Bon
Chief curator, director of Picasso-Paris national museum
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