Museum of Failure is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Ellen Harvey, surveying more than two decades of artistic practice.

Harvey’s work moves fluidly between painting, photography, installation, video, and participatory formats, consistently questioning systems of value, authorship, and institutional authority in art.

Central to the publication is Harvey’s ongoing engagement with failure—not as deficit, but as a productive and critical position. Projects documented in the book examine museums, urban space, public memory, and historical narrative, often using irony, inversion, and reflection to expose the assumptions that structure cultural meaning.

An essay by Henriette Huldisch situates Harvey’s work within broader conceptual and institutional critique, while an extended interview with Adam Budak provides insight into the artist’s working methods and long-term concerns. Together, image and text present a practice that combines conceptual rigor with wit, skepticism, and an acute awareness of context.