Exhibition Journal

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Beyond the IT Office: Solving for Ethical AI in Cultural Institutions

By Audrey S. Chang, PhD, and Brad MacDonald, MS

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in museums is nothing new—we’ve seen iterations of it in exhibitions for almost a decade. …
Editor’s Letter: Ethics, the Spring 2025 issue of Exhibition journal

By Jeanne Normand Goswami

This letter by Exhibition‘s editor Jeanne Normand Goswami first appeared in Spring 2025 issue, Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of the full …
President’s Letter: Ethics, the Spring 2025 issue of Exhibition Journal

By Marilyn Jackson

This letter by AAM President & CEO Marilyn Jackson first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of …
Book Review: Welcoming Museum Visitors with Unapparent Disabilities

By Violet Rose Arma

This book review first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of the full upcoming issues or purchase …
Exhibition Critique: A Celebration and a Reclamation

By Deborah Parker

This exhibition critique first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Exhibition information: Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s LegacyMorgan Library & Museum, New York, New …
Ethics and Materiality: A Case Study in Adobe

By Gilda Posada

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. How do ethics inform and intersect with exhibition practices? For me, the question of ethics in the arts is …
Political Exhibitionists: Ethical Considerations in the Display of Political Art

By Nicola Guy, PhD

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Contemporary art exhibitions have long been considered places where political ideas can be explored, a …
Iconic and Ethical? Approaches to the Exhibition of Pop Culture

By Amalia Kozloff

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. The Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP) in Seattle, Washington, stands at the intersection of popular culture and …
Designing To Inspire: Translating Empathy into Action

By Maggie Jacobstein Stern and Jha D Amazi

This op-ed first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your copy of the full upcoming issues …
Reflecting on Duty of Care: A New Floor, Not a Ceiling

By Stephanie Mach, PhD

This op-ed first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. In January 2024, revised regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) went into …