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The Purpose of Public Pictures (Leverhulme Memorial Lecture)
The Purpose of Public Pictures - Leverhulme Memorial Lecture Author:Neil MacGregor In this lecture, delivered in the University of Liverpool on 3 March 1993, the Director of the British National Gallery considers ways in which art can fulfil the aim of serving humanity and the people. He confines himself to a discussion of pictures and focuses on debates about the National Gallery, which reflect questions about the role of the... more » great civic and national museums: what are they for? do we still want them? how can we prove their worth? These are difficult questions to address when the provision of public art is essentially an act of faith and when "What people use for pictures for is as various as the people themselves, and as unpredictable."« less