Esther Adler archivos - Modernidade(s) Descentralizadas Art, politics and counterculture on the transatlantic axis during the Cold War Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:49:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 The Problem of Our American Collection: MoMA Collects at Home https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/the-problem-of-our-american-collection-moma-collects-at-home-2/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:48:41 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2614 In this essay for the exhibition catalogue of MoMA’s collection, Adler surveys definitions of art of the United States in the Museum prior to the canonization of Abstract Expressionism. Drawing on the Museum’s archive, she sheds light on museum founder and director Alfred H. Barr Jr.’s collecting priorities; internal struggles with trustees; political controversies related … Continue reading The Problem of Our American Collection: MoMA Collects at Home

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