Forming Collections in the Age of Conspicuous Acquisition: Lecture by David Houston by hanesgallery published on 2013-09-23T20:29:34Z September 18, 2013 Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University Director of the Bo Bartlett Center at Columbus State University (and recently director of curatorial at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art), David Houston discusses collecting as an enduring human trait that has experienced many transformations over time, and continues to motivate today’s art world. He focuses on the world of art and art collecting of the past 20 years, which has witnessed an accelerating shift from art as a public trust to art as a private commodity. Houston addresses how the extremities of this trend may alter the fundamental, intangible values of art. Genre lecture
