Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon, Barnstaple
Even a modest extension can help modernise a 19th-century museum, says Peter Mason
Reviews
On my bookshelf
The New Museology, by Peter Vergo, demonstrates how far museums have come
Books | Out of Bounds: The Collected Writings of Marcia Tucker
The New York curator's thinking on feminism, power and museums still resonates after almost 50 years, says Verity Smith
Digital reviews
Online content was the only game in town during lockdown, but which museums did it best?
Books | Art in Science Museums: Towards a Post-Disciplinary Approach
This book on the evolving relationship between the arts and the sciences should be a call to arms for greater collaboration
CultureLab – Don’t Believe the Stereotype, Ulster Museum, Belfast
This experimental exhibition challenges sectarian stereotypes in an attempt to understand identity in Northern Ireland, says Oonagh Murphy
Museum of Neoliberalism, London
Ellie Miles struggles to distinguish between the real and the unreal in a museum that eschews neutrality in its parodies of political and commercial messaging
Books | Studio Lives. Architect, Art and Artist in 20th-Century Britain
Cicely Robinson on a book that explores the evolution of studio-houses used by British artists between 1900 and 1940
Catalogue | Linderism
This book uses density and layering to represent the richness of the artist Linder’s practice
On my bookshelf | Representing Enslavement and Abolition in Museums
This book on the importance of displaying atrocity correctly has left a lasting impression, says Eleanor Jones
Theaster Gates: Amalgam, Tate Liverpool
The American artist’s show is inspired by the history of a tiny, racially mixed island. By Chiedza Mhondoro
Tyrannosaurs, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Mary Stones is captivated by a theatrical and informative show