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A MoMA Retrospective Proves Duchamp Was More Sincere Than He Seems
The first rooms of MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp retrospective almost dare the visitor to find in his early paintings some hint of the artist’s future travesty of those mediums. The picture with which the show opens—a placid scene of the artist’s two older brothers, Gaston (Jacques Villon) and Raymond, engrossed in a game of chess—telegraphs Duchamp’s read more
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Rare Books Stolen from Former MoMA President Are Returned
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., has announced the return of 17 rare books to the heirs of John Hay and Betsey Cushing Whitney. The books, which were stolen from the couple’s Long Island home in the 1980s, include works by John Keats, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, and the Brothers Grimm. John Whitney, who read more
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Our Critics Disagree on MoMA PS1’s Greater New York, a Wide-Ranging Survey Defined by a Fascination with Fragility
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took his oath at the start of this year, he vowed to tell a “new story of our city.” MoMA PS1, one of the city’s defining contemporary art institutions, has now endeavored to do the same with Greater New York, its quinquennial for artists who live and work read more
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MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting
Yesterday, on a gorgeous, unseasonably hot spring afternoon,a squad of us descended on MoMA PS1 in Queens for the press preview of Greater New York, which opens today, April 16. A survey of artists working and living in New York City, the quinquennial (that’s every five years) is back for the sixth time since its read more
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Former MoMA Director Glenn Lowry Says Leon Black Is a ‘Solid Trustee’ Amid Epstein Controversy
While collector Leon Black continues to face controversy over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, he has found a defender in Glenn Lowry, a former director of the Museum of Modern Art, the New York institution where Black is currently a board member. Black was previously chair of MoMA’s board, but he left read more
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These Are the Artists in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York Show
MoMA PS1 has announced the artist lineup for the sixth edition of its Greater New York exhibition, which highlights emerging and mid-career contemporary artists every five years. Taking over the museum’s transformed school building starting April 16, the cross-borough survey will celebrate MoMA PS1’s 50th anniversary with a bevy of site-specific installations, new commissions, and read more
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MoMA PS1 Names 53 Artists for Ambitious Survey of New York’s Art Scene
MoMA PS1 has revealed the 53 artists who will participate in Greater New York, the Queens museum’s quinquennial devoted to New York City’s art scene. Opening on April 16, this edition of Greater New York will mark PS1’s 50th anniversary, and rather than bringing on any outside curators, the museum has this time leaned on read more
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