Museums May Borrow a Newsroom Trick for the Wall Label

An art publication is urging museums to write their wall labels the way reporters write news stories, leading with the most essential facts rather than saving them for later. The approach borrows the inverted pyramid, the structure that puts the who, what, and when up top instead of easing into them. For a collector moving through a gallery on a tight afternoon, that would mean the maker and the date arrive in the first line, with any further context left for those who linger.

With reporting from Artnet News.