What #isamuseum?

May 23–December 31, 2014

Is a museum fun? Truthful? Political? Artist Sam Durant invites you share your thoughts on isamuseum.org and on Twitter using #isamuseum.

Read full description

Upcoming
Films
Upcoming
Events
Selected
Objects
Past
Films
Past
Events

What #isamuseum?

May 23–December 31, 2014

Is a museum fun? Truthful? Political? Visit the site of the new BAMPFA building at the corner of Center and Oxford Streets in downtown Berkeley to see a new installation by multimedia artist Sam Durant. With five compelling questions installed on the fencing surrounding the construction site and on the website isamuseum.org, Durant invites your thoughts about the roles and purposes of museums. Share your individual response on isamuseum.org and on Twitter using #isamuseum. Sam Durant is a Los Angeles–based artist whose socially engaged practice addresses subjects as diverse as the American Civil Rights Movement, Southern rock music, and Modernism. Tweets by @isamuseum

What #isamuseum? originated in 2013 as a collaboration between Sam Durant and the J. Paul Getty Museum as part of the Getty Artists Program.