News Item #2- "The Exhibitions That Changed Art History" by Barbara Pollack

http://www.artnews.com/2013/04/17/exhibitions-that-changed-art-history/

In this article, Pollack discusses Bruce Altshuler, author of Biennials and Beyond: Exhibitions that Made Art History: 1962-2002, and history of exhibitions that Altshuler deemed the top 25 most influential exhibitions. He was interested in how an art show could symbolize a significant movement in the art world. This book had more documentations than his previous book because as technology bettered so did methods on preserving. I thought it was interesting that he had to pick ones that were showing different movements and I know that if I were in his position it would be difficult to pick only 25 of them. From his experience as a director at the New York University's museum-studies program, I believe that he would know what he was doing. His book also covers movements in Asia, Africa, and Latin America which were good to include because it shows variety and different influence that helped change the art world.