Lecture by Michael Conforti: ‘Challenges of Museums in Contemporary Society
- Category
- Lecture
- Date
- 14 January 2015, 6:30pm
- Venue
- Bahrain National Museum Auditorium
- Tickets
- Free Admission
Mr. Michael Conforti, Director of the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA, will deliver a presentation entitled “Challenges of Museums in Contemporary Society,” and will be joined by Mrs. Anne-Christine Robert-Hauglustaine, Director General of the International Council of Museums, and Mr. Bernard Fonquernie, General Inspector of Monuments and Sites in France. Mr. Conforti will speak to the changing demographics, the role of digital technologies and cultural exchange and their impact on art institutions and collections around the world. The Clark Art Institute was founded in 1955, and re-opened in July of 2014 with a new building designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. The Clark is one of a handful of institutions in the world with a dual mission an art museum and a center for research and higher education in the visual arts.
