Biennale, triennial and festival blockbuster exhibitions are moments – big budget moments – on the arts calendar that burn bright and are then over. They are also very destination driven, which means that unless audiences travel to experience them, they miss out. Can we still ethically embrace that cost-audience equation in our times of accountability?
There is no guarantee of the exhibition’s ‘life’ beyond its blockbuster dates. One way to ensure this, however, is through touring, and we are starting to see this emerge as part of the overall planning early on – rather than an add-on box tick.
