https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-Golden-Age-of-Museum-Philanthropy https://booksandideas.net/The-Golden-Age-of-Museum-Philanthropy 2026-03-19T08:30:00Z text/html en Nicolas Duvoux Arts art museum philanthropy collection <p>At a time when public museums are struggling due to budget cuts and the need for renovations, the opening of many private foundations marks a shift in the Parisian museum landscape. Against this backdrop, G. Adam offers a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding the rise of private museums.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Everyone-s-a-Collector https://booksandideas.net/Everyone-s-a-Collector 2018-04-19T07:00:00Z text/html en Olivier Godechot Society Arts inequalities wealth Florence Gould Foundation collection <p>Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre invite us to rethink the social mechanisms that produce value and underline the important role collections play in the dynamics of inequalities characterising contemporary societies. By questioning the forms and stakes of commodification and price making in today's society, they show that inserting goods in a collection increases their value.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Scottish-Art-Then-and-Now https://booksandideas.net/Scottish-Art-Then-and-Now 2018-01-05T08:00:00Z text/html en Clarisse Godard Desmarest Arts architecture painting collection visual arts <p>“Ages of Wonder: Scotland's Art 1540 to Now”, an exhibition presented in Edinburgh by the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, tells the story of collecting Scottish art. Mixing historic and contemporary works, it reveals the role played by the Academy in championing the cause of visual arts in Scotland.</p>