From Blockbuster, a post of Friday, August 4, 2017 —
The article suggests a look at a July 3 Times review of the life
of Jan Fontein, a former Boston Museum of Fine Arts director —
"Mr. Fontein’s time as director coincided with
the nationwide rise of the blockbuster exhibition,
and he embraced the concept. 'There was such a thing
as a contemplative museum, but I don’t think that can
survive anymore,' he told Newsweek in 1978."
From The New York Times this evening —
"Mr. Roth made his mark at the Victoria and Albert
with record-breaking exhibitions focused on
David Bowie in 2013, Alexander McQueen in 2015
and The Beatles and the youth revolution of the 1960s
in 2016."
Related material —
Record-breaking in this journal and Sunday in the Park with Death.