Du vandalisme d’art comme stratégie de captation de l’attention
This article aims to contribute to the analysis and understanding of acts of vandalism perpetrated on works exhibited in art museums. In the context of a museum, it seems unlikely that detection and the consequences of tampering with a work of art can be avoided: what is it that prompts people to ta...
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Université Catholique de Louvain
2023-10-01
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| description | This article aims to contribute to the analysis and understanding of acts of vandalism perpetrated on works exhibited in art museums. In the context of a museum, it seems unlikely that detection and the consequences of tampering with a work of art can be avoided: what is it that prompts people to take this risk? What drives these actions? The reactions their actions give rise to indicate that the perpetrators are hitting a nerve by attacking works of art in museums, artefacts invested with a special social status. It is particularly significant that acts of vandalism perpetrated against works exhibited in art museums are often perceived as senseless and irrational. The article will go on to question these representations on the one hand and, on the other, the disparities in social reactions generated by acts of art vandalism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81c312e851a1472e81038c7d390e28a52024-02-13T13:18:30ZengUniversité Catholique de LouvainRecherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques1782-15922033-74852023-10-01541699310.4000/rsa.5988Du vandalisme d’art comme stratégie de captation de l’attentionAnne BessetteThis article aims to contribute to the analysis and understanding of acts of vandalism perpetrated on works exhibited in art museums. In the context of a museum, it seems unlikely that detection and the consequences of tampering with a work of art can be avoided: what is it that prompts people to take this risk? What drives these actions? The reactions their actions give rise to indicate that the perpetrators are hitting a nerve by attacking works of art in museums, artefacts invested with a special social status. It is particularly significant that acts of vandalism perpetrated against works exhibited in art museums are often perceived as senseless and irrational. The article will go on to question these representations on the one hand and, on the other, the disparities in social reactions generated by acts of art vandalism.https://journals.openedition.org/rsa/5988artvandalismmuseumworksmedias |
| spellingShingle | Anne Bessette Du vandalisme d’art comme stratégie de captation de l’attention Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques art vandalism museum works medias |
| title | Du vandalisme d’art comme stratégie de captation de l’attention |
| title_full | Du vandalisme d’art comme stratégie de captation de l’attention |
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| title_short | Du vandalisme d’art comme stratégie de captation de l’attention |
| title_sort | du vandalisme d art comme strategie de captation de l attention |
| topic | art vandalism museum works medias |
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