The French writer and politician is widely credited as the inventor of the ‘virtual’ or ‘imaginary’ museum – but what exactly did he have in mind?
February 2023
Jo Lawson-Tancred
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Jane Morris
Eve M. Kahn
Millie Walton
Christina Makris
Gillian Darley
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Has André Malraux’s imaginary museum come into its own?
The French writer and politician is widely credited as the inventor of the ‘virtual’ or ‘imaginary’ museum – but what exactly did he have in mind?