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1 week agoWhy London's Whitechapel Gallery Hired an Economist | Artnet News
Museums are innovating financially to address funding challenges, with Whitechapel Gallery hiring an economist to rethink revenue and social value.
Very difficult. Because the first thing Gilane [Tawadros, the director of Whitechapel Gallery] asked me was, "Do you have an archive?" And I'm like, "What is this? Archive? It's in drawers! Loads and loads of it! None of it is documented..." So I got a proper archivist to come in and document everything. The show contains about 40 years of work, even stuff from when I was at college.