Marcel Broodthaers

Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976) was a Belgian artist and poet whose work transformed language, objects, exhibition design and institutional critique. Through projects such as the Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, he questioned how museums, labels, classifications and cultural systems produce artistic value and authority. This tag collects articles on Broodthaers, his fictional museum, Conceptual Art, poetry, institutional critique and his influence on contemporary exhibition-making.