Delfim Sardo: "I believe there is no serious alternative to depositing the Ellipse Collection at MAC/CCB"
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The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Belém Cultural Centre would be crippled without the deposit of that collection, say the former administrator and the current director.
Between ethics and ideology: the risk of a museum being co‑opted
A headline highlighting the tension between ethical duties and ideological pressures, warning of the danger that a museum could be co‑opted by partisan or ideological agendas.
Jorge Pinto: 'Culture cannot be elitist'
'Culture should remain enshrined in the Constitution, contrary to what other candidates argue,' says Jorge Pinto, who visited Elvas, Beja and Mértola this Tuesday to promote projects and heritage.
António Filipe Pimentel: "The Gulbenkian Museum gained a central role it previously did not have within the institution. That was my struggle."
António Filipe Pimentel says his efforts were aimed at making the Gulbenkian Museum a more central part of the institution — a shift he describes as his struggle.
Museums, Morality and Mandates
The duty of museum professionals is to conserve the collections, the very reason for 'their' institutions. Some may, on ethical grounds, argue otherwise, but it is for society to have the final word. Opinion by Luís Raposo
