Ms. Harris, Mr. Kennedy and other scholars agreed that the reaction to provocative museum acquisitions like the guard tower depend wholly on the explanation and context provided by curators — something the public will not be able to view until the museum opens in 2015.
A Municipal Superego To Police the Supersigns To judge from appearances, city officials have been less vigilant policing supersigns than they have been in trying to curb other forms of expression like provocative museum exhibitions, political gatherings on the City Hall steps and ads that poke fun at Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
But those who dare to dance with their dreams and their ghosts -- and those who are ready to acknowledge that art does not always equal prettiness -- might want to traipse across the Seine to one of the world's most provocative museums, the Palais de Tokyo and spend a half day wandering through an atlas of often troubling fantasies that rumble beneath the consciousness of the world we all inhabit.
Our contemporary artists can learn a lot from a visit to this provocative new museum, starting with the indispensability of joy.
"Our Finest Clothing: A Layered History of our Skin" lives up to the museum's provocative reputation.
The provocation proved provocative.
The exhibition and its provocative marketing have tested the museum, which has received a range of responses inside and outside France.
The museum is a provocative addition to Yasukuni Shrine here, which commemorates the country's 2.5 million modern war dead, including 14 internationally designated war criminals from the last world war.
Promoter Luca Cipelletti explains that the museum "is deliberately provocative and, at the same time explanatory enough to encompass the idea of a major project that unites tradition and innovation, art and technology".
Although the organization provides access to challenging or avant-garde work that a staff curator might not have known about, the surge in demand for traveling shows is more directly related to the state of the economy -- museums need inexpensive, provocative exhibitions.
Meanwhile, to remind us of its fine track record in presenting provocative exhibitions of African art, the museum has chosen a Manhattan showcase, the lobby of the UBS Building, to display "African Art Is...," selections from seven past shows.
