A manual for the 21st century art institution invites 12 writers artists academics curators and gallery and museum directors to assess the present trajectory of arts institutions by explicating various issues each of which is associated with an imaginary room readers journey from the reception to the roof terrace via rooms dedicated to temporary exhibitions site specific commissions and . A manual for the 21st century art institution invites 12 writers artists academics curators and gallery and museum directors to assess the present trajectory of arts institutions by explicating various issues each of which is associated with an imaginary room readers journey from the reception to the roof terrace via rooms dedicated to temporary exhibitions site specific commissions . Liefooghe maarten a manual for the 21st century art institution de witte raaf ondertussen 2009 15 17 print. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. A manual for the 21st century art institution published to mark the opening of the newly expanded whitechapel gallery in london 2009 a manual takes as its subject the role of the contemporary arts institution in the twenty first century conceived as a contradictory project in thinking forward by looking back the publication is structured