Culture Clash? Contemporary arts in historic contexts

Nick Cass, Research Associate at the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage, is one of the speakers at a conference at the Royal Museums Greenwich on Friday 14 February.

The conference, Culture Clash? Contemporary arts in historic contexts, has been organised to coincide with the latest in a series of contemporary interventions (Yinka Shonibare MBE at Greenwich) to explore the role of contemporary art outside the white cube.

In recent years it has become increasingly popular for museums and historic buildings to invite living artists to respond to their buildings or collections by curating, creating or performing on site. The conference considers ‘What has been the impact of this popular collaborative trend for artists, museums and their audiences?’

Nick Cass will speak on ‘The Haunting of a Shrine: contemporary art at the Brontë Parsonage Museum’ as part of a wider theme of interpreting and animating sites and collections.

See here for further information on the conference.