In her view your first instinctive reaction, your gut feeling, is important. But also your knowledge about its context. And she stresses that judgement is to be formed in a dialogue with others.
And there we have a problem with museum exhibitions. The works of art are exposed to a silent public. There is a ‘sacred’ silence in the museum rooms. Even a guided tour provides limited space to talk about the various works at the exhibition. The museum allows seeing, but no dialogue. It does not facilitate a growth of judgement……