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Went to a packed museum exhibit in Chicago and nobody was reading the wall text
I visited the Art Institute last Wednesday and watched 30 people snap photos of a painting without looking at the plaque next to it. The wall text explained the artist painted it during a war and the details added so much meaning. Am I the only one who thinks we miss a lot by just glancing and moving on?
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kelly.daniel1mo ago
Last week at the MCA I saw a family walk right past a whole timeline of the artist's life to get a selfie with the painting. I actually stood there and read the whole thing out loud to my friend because nobody else was even looking at it. The context made the piece so much better too.
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jana_ellis951mo ago
Did you ask the family if they even knew what the painting was about, or were they just there for the gram?
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