Museums have today become the new churches.

Christian Boltanski

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Art and religion Museums Decline of religion The Church Art

Speaker

Christian Boltanski

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Photographer Artist

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France Europe

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Citation

Boltanski, Christian. Interview with Tamar Garb. Christian Boltanski. Phaidon Press, 1997, p. 11.

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