Monographic museum
A museum centred on one artist's work, life or archive rather than a broad period or school.
Example
The Musée Picasso and Musée Rodin can show process and chronology in more depth than a general collection.
Sources: museepicassoparis.fr, musee-rodin.fr
Related terms
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Retrospective exhibition
An exhibition that surveys an artist's work across a substantial part of a career.
Collections and curating
Artist archive
Documents, photographs, notebooks and records preserved to study an artist's work and process.
Collections and curating
Acceptance in lieu
A French mechanism that allows significant works to be transferred to the state in payment of inheritance tax.
Collections and curating
Permanent collection
The works an institution holds and presents over time, although individual objects may rotate or leave display.
