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How are the new publics shaping our new museums? Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation - Moderator Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Suhanya Raffel, Director, M+, Hong Kong Aaron Seeto, Director, Museum MACAN, Jakarta Kulapat Yantrasast, architect, wHY, Los Angeles What role should museums play in the 21st century? Once conceived as lofty palaces of art, new museums are now understood as cultural platforms and fora for debate, a vital part of the urban infrastructure and economy of cities. But in an age of interactive and digital media, what role might the audience play in shaping museums? Debating the role of audiences in museum planning on the third day of Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2019 were: architect Kulapat Yantrasast, who has most recently been entrusted with transforming the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Aaron Seeto, Director of the Museum MACAN, the first museum of modern and contemporary art in Indonesia, which opened in 2017; Madeleine 91