According to museum researchers, the average museum visitor spends only fifteen to thirty seconds in front of a work of art. In her recent article, The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum, Stephanie Rosenbloom explores the beauty and, yes, the art in slowing down in museums. In her article, Rosenbloom talks to a University of Pennsylvania professor, James O. Pawleski, who regularly requires students to spend at least thirty minutes with a painting. Professor Pawleski, among others, are building to a larger Slow Art movement encouraging museumgoers to slow down and savor the artwork they are viewing to fully experience it and appreciate its beauty.
It would be nice if you could credit this slow museum picture. This one is coming from the MAM of Paris, Museum of Modern Art, featuring Dufy’s The Electricity Fairy.