Pervasive Exhibitions: Ubiquitous staging in contemporary museums

Along the 20th century, the exhibition practice has gradually developed a pervasive nature, drawing on the raise of new communication means and dynamics, the improved circulation of information and ideas, and the acceleration of cultural production and dissemination processes. Within this framework, the paper aims at highlighting the growing spread of the staging activities performed by museums, which are taking exhibitions out of their galleries and experimenting with their set up in new formats, locations and contexts.