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… taken with this aspect of her new role. “It’s not just about browsing galleries and buying art as an investment or decoration, but about commissioning something rooted in our community and identity.” A university is more than bricks and mortar—but it is also that. Curators have to find ways to elevate UM’s buildings beyond the strictly functional, which goes beyond merely breaking up the monotony with the odd painting. “The buildings weren’t ours until about 18 years ago; until then the … “It’s a great responsibility to be in charge of UM’s art collection. We have an amazing collection—but we’re not a museum.” Strating wants the seemingly unfashionable items in UM’s collection to do what Derickx’s commissions have done by design: start a dialogue with and among community members. “All artists, even the canonical ones we now consider geniuses, always reflect their times. It can be very interesting to put older artworks into a dialogue with our times, our sensibilities.” How to …