The ARt Gallery
Killing the gallery The argument that mode of art (x) or delivery method (y) will be the end of the gallery or museum space has been offered before and will no doubt be served up on a bed of clutched straws again in the future. Whilst it may well be the bold vision of innovative artists to escape, ignore or twist these sacred spaces, galleries have so far been quite dynamic and resilient. They have successfully absorbed these attempts, re-framed them or survived without them. "Most street artists claim that they make art on the street to avoid the market-driven, institutionalized, mainstream economy of the gallery system." (Abrams, L. 2018) Galleries (and museums) remain dominant cultural dictators because they have the power to control the dialogue/branding within their walls and consequently, within the wider culture. However, these art temples are not inviolate. In this short post I'm offering the idea that Augmented and Mixed reality (soon to be in greater combinati...