And in 2007 it also demands a strength of interpretation that can transcend the stylized Americana that makes this work feel museum-piece valuable and dated at the same time.
The human services are matched by the esthetic beauty, as the $8 million art collection and sumptuous furnishings in the elevators, halls, suites and even powder rooms do not feel "museum -like in the slightest.
"I feel the museum is in jeopardy".
(The confusion is compounded by pendant labels: they feel like museum wall texts, but they're actually part of the work, more obfuscatory than descriptive).
Such a view of acquisitions alarms those who feel that museum collecting continues to be a catalyst for the black market.
The new Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman education building at the Museum of Modern Art is unlikely to appease those who feel the museum has become a soulless corporate machine.
Sometimes these can feel like museum shows: a case in point is the Picasso exhibition planned for Gagosian by John Richardson, the artist's biographer.
Racism is real, and many artists who have endured its effects feel the museum is promoting a kind of art -- trendy, postmodern, blandly international -- that has turned the institution into a "boutique" or "country club," as David Hammons puts it.
It was certainly a different Miliband to the one I had met on a handful of occasions in his London office, where vintage Labour campaign posters on the walls made the place feel more museum than engine room.
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"Beyond the flagship stores, many still feel like museums where older people go to browse black slacks," said Phil Dorrell, director of the retail consultancy Retail Remedy.
