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The Frieze Debate: Museums in the 21st Century.

Michael Govan, Sabine Haag & Hartwig Fischer join an audience at the Royal Institution for a debate hosted by Anne McElvoy - one of the events for the 2018 Frieze London Art Fair.

Museum directors from USA, Austria and Britain look at the challenges of displaying their collections for new audiences. Anne McElvoy's guests include Michael Govan, Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA, Sabine Haag, Director, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna and Hartwig Fischer, Director of the British Museum.

Recorded with an audience at the Royal Institution in London as one of the events for the 2018 Frieze London Art Fair.

Find our playlist of discussions about the Visual Arts https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026wnjl

Producer: Torquil MacLeod.

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44 minutes

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Thu 4 Oct 2018 22:00

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  • Thu 4 Oct 2018 22:00

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