ABSTRACT
The range of insights offered by the preceding essays on the monographic exhibition in general and a number of pivotal exhibitions in particular is impressive. Nevertheless, they are written largely from a perspective outside the process, assessing the effect; the perspective from inside, where the decisions are made to do them or not, is not necessarily the same. Possible considerations on the ‘cause’ side of the equation may be helpful, especially in looking to the future. Since I was curating a monographic show when this volume came to my attention, I proposed to offer a few observations as epilogue. These are offered with the caveat that, given the multiplicity of mission statements, audiences/stakeholders, traditions, collections, and funding environments that characterize the museum world in North America and Europe with which this volume is concerned, these observations are finally just those of one American curator.
