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Art Galleries should allow artworks to speak for themselves
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Art Galleries should allow artworks to speak for themselves Whether art galleries should allow artworks to speak for themselves remains an ongoing debate. The role of a museum or art gallery is to inform and educate those who are interested in art. Where to draw the line on the provision of information on artwork becomes a problematic issue. Museums and art galleries see millions of people who come to enjoy the beauty of art. When considering how to accommodate its visitors best, the needs of students, connoisseurs, tourists and the uniformed public alike need to be considered. It is agreed that ideally artwork should be left to be viewed and interpreted by the public without any guidance or direction to allow visitors to appreciate the work in their own way. As a great creative artist in the music profession Louis Armstrong has said, " If you have to explain it you don't...
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