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Oakland Museum

the entrance

I went to the art section of the Oakland Museum of California for the first time since they reopened. It seems more like an exploratorium than an art museum. They have interactive sections setup throughout. It was all rather leading and didactic, and not a good thing. The new addition was quite nice, but still had a lounge in it, next to the conceptualist art that sought to address the various practices within that mode of art making by allowing one to choose if their samples were art by leaving a yes or no ticket in the container in front of each object among other things to do.

The wall says “Art. This word has no definition. Ambrose Pierce, author”

These sorts of wall texts were in every section.

From the permanent collection…

Richard McLean and Jack Mendenhall

Raymond Saunders

Here is Christopher Knight’s review

View of Lake Merritt from the sculpture garden.