Leading international scholars and younger researchers address issues such as museum display, collecting, the creation of visual spectacles, institutional histories, curatorial strategies, cultural exclusion and definitions of heritage.

• An authoritative analysis on the way that art and the visual are displayed and presented
• Explores a variety of cultural contexts and historical periods
• A benchmark collection addressing specific displays and notable objects alongside the politics of spectacle and questions of audience

Deborah Cherry is Professor of Contemporary and Modern Art at the University of Amsterdam.

Fintan Cullen is Professor of Art History at the University of Nottingham.