The Museum Is Not Enough no. 10–14

We continue to be wary of the present. But reacting from fixed positions is not enough.

In 2019, we published a series of collective reflections on architecture, institutions, and the public. We called it The Museum Is Not Enough. That first volume (No. 1–9), co-published with Sternberg Press, built on thematic investigations the CCA had undertaken in recent years and embodied a continued questioning of the role of cultural institutions, including the CCA, and their responses to the issues we face.

On May 7, during the opening days of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, we launch a second volume (No. 10–14), co-published with Lenz. The publication extends our lines of thinking on current curatorial concerns but also reflects an urge to step beyond the limits of the institution and experience things on the ground.

We want to share the ways we’ve been trying to get outside, to destabilize ourselves. We have gathered contributions from colleagues and experts that help us to examine how institutions engage multiple contexts, objects, and perspectives—how we understand and shape the world. We look closely at how we describe and document what we have and see; what strategies we put together to unlearn or decenter our perspective; what curatorial formats allow us to find another angle, to get closer.

The Museum Is Not Enough no. 10–14, is edited by Giovanna Borasi, Albert Ferré, Francesco Garutti, and Jayne Kelley, with contributions from Lev Bratishenko, Sandrine Colard, Claudio Gulli, Corinna Gardner, Oulimata Gueye, Silvia Gutiérrez De la Torre, Jarrod Ray Hore, Hester Keijser, Renato Leotta, Andrea Lissoni, Ari Marcopoulos, Valeria Meiller, Gili Merin, Marina Oba, Mariana Pestana, Paul R. Spitzzeri, David Stevenson, Ivy Thompson, Jennifer B. Thompson, Philip Tidwell, Hannah Turner, and Akram Zaatari, and graphic design by Studio Jonathan Hares.

To mark the launch on May 7, we host conversations over drinks, starting at 6pm at Ca’Buccari, as we present our latest film, To Build Law as part of the thematic “Collective Intelligence” at the Biennale Architettura 2025, in collaboration with with HouseEurope!, b+, and station+. To Build Law is the second chapter of Groundwork, a three-part film and exhibition series that explores how contemporary architects develop alternative ways of engaging with new sites through conceptual research and fieldwork. The series is conceived by Francesco Garutti and Irene Chin, and directed by Joshua Frank. 

We hope you can join us in Venice or online. Find out more about other events at which we participate at La Biennale di Venezia, or about our films and publications. To stay in touch and hear from us, subscribe here.