In bluntest terms, art museums risk being commercial institutions in which art is subsumed by economics and the experience of looking at art becomes a form of consumption.

Amy Whitaker
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Art museums can be commercial institutions, but they also risk being commercial institutions that subsume the art by which they are meant to be enjoyed. The ability of a museum to educate and enlighten its visitors is fundamentally at risk when it becomes a means for making money.

Source: Museum Legs: Fatigue And Hope In The Face Of Art

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