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Free Thinking: The Frieze Masters Free Thinking Conversation about Art

The Frieze Masters Free Thinking Conversation about Art

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Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Michael Govan talks art with Philip Dodd.

Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, outlines the issues facing museum directors with Philip Dodd and an audience at the Frieze London Art Fair.

Michael Govan, Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art outlines the issues facing museum directors talking with Philip Dodd and an audience at the Frieze London Art Fair.  They debate the "authority" of museums, the idea of "great" art and he answers critics of his rebuilding plan. 

Michael Govan took over running LACMA in 2006 following his work at the DIA Art Foundation in New York City.  The Los Angeles museum has partnered with Chinese-Indonesian entrepreneur Budi Tek to create a new foundation, to which Tek will donate his vast Chinese art collection. Plans also include establishing a satellite museum in South Los Angeles and new Peter Zumthor designs for redisplaying the LACMA collections.  

You can find more interviews to download with artists, curators and museum directors in the Visual Arts playlist on the Free Thinking programme website https://bbc.in/2DpskGS 

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