Since the birth of the first public museums roughly three hundred years ago, art as we know it has been profoundly affected by the poetics and policies of the institutions that house, display, and collect works of art. Featured interviews: Matthew Higgs, Kathy Kimball, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mami, Susanne Pfeffer, and James Elaine. Show reviews: Matthew Monahan at the MOCA, Tom Sach at the Rose Art Museum, Mark Bradford at the Whitney, John Kessler, and the MCA’s #Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967.†Also includes an article on Skowhegan’s seminal artists residency, Baby Elephant and an interview with Fugazi’s legendary front man, Ian Mackaye.