Abram Jackson on the Art of Interpretation


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Accommodation, Attribution, Appreciation, Appropriation… am I complicit or complacent? If truth is beauty, and beauty is truth, then is a rose just a rose, or is it possibly more? A house is full of items that stay and those that change, but it is still resonant because we know something about the inhabitants. A museum is like a public house, albeit an imposing one, and we often visit, fascinated by the objects but not knowing much about why they were chosen and how they got there. Though an invisible host, Abram Jackson has a big hand in widening accessibility and engagement with the wonders within. As Director of Interpretation at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, he’s among the…

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