Why are museum wall labels so bad? A critic examines the jargon-heavy texts plaguing top biennials—and how to fix it.

The writer Christine Coulson spent much of her 25-year tenure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art composing wall labels for the museum’s galleries. Beneath the standard "tombstone information" — artist ...

Writing’s on the wall? Some museums are beginning to question the value of traditional wall text, instead providing information through different formats Aaron Amat/Alamy Stock Photo A museum always ...

Wall labels are not always the first thing that grabs my attention when I’m in a museum: there’s the art surrounding me, the commotion and conversation in the galleries. But I do take notice when I ...