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Olga Viso stands before a projection of the new website design

The redesign is the first major overhaul of the museum's website since 2005.

It's being overseen former Adbuster journalist 

 and, according to Executive Director Olga Viso, walkerart.org will be more like a news site about the arts than a typical museum website.

The site showcases news stories, interviews and essays written by Walker staff as well as aggregated content, covering issues not just limited to the museum itself but to art around the world.

As a reporter, I find this shift particularly interesting, because it marks a significant step forward in an ongoing trend. Namely arts organizations, faced with a lack of media coverage, are creating their own coverage, and taking the dialogue directly to their audiences. Will arts journalists eventually be employed by museums and theaters, rather than newspapers?

While the redesign has been applied to most major sections of the site, some additional sections will continue to be updated over the next year.

What do you think of the redesign? Your thoughts are always welcome.

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The Walker's new website strives to fill the gap left by dwindling arts coverage in mainstream media.

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