Museum Legs by Amy Whitaker

I had the pleasure of attending a reading and book signing (and open discussion) by author Amy Whitaker at New Dominion Bookshop. Amy has written her first book Museum Legs. Museum Legs - taken from a term for art fatigue - starts with a question: Why do people get bored and tired in art museums and why does that matter? As Whitaker writes in this humorous and incisive collection of essays, museums matter for reasons that have less to do with art as we know it and more to do with business, politics, and the age-old question of how to live.

From the bits I have read, it approaches the proposed question with a practical perspective and offers "real world" anecdotes and solutions. No high-brow lectures in this one. The art world can often be a magnet attracting all the crazies out there. It’s nice to see someone be able to laugh a little at some of the ridiculousness that happens in museums.

Here is a sample from the book:

Museum Legs, Amy Whitaker [Sample]