Museum of Modern Art, The, New York

Synopsis: This programme on the Museum of Modern Art has several contributors - a founding member of the Museum, the architect Philip Johnson; the present director of paintings Kirk Vernedoe; an art critic who protested against the Museum’s policy during the Vietnam era, Lucy Lippard; art historian Linda Nochin, and an artist refused by the museum, Leon Golub. They are interviewed about MOMA in order to find out how and why it became one of the most important art institutions of the 20th century. And behind the glamour and some of the secrecy, what sort of place is it really? Do art institutions like MOMA harbour an elite culture or is the idea that ‘high art’ should be democratically available to everyone? Does MOMA specifically harbour and promote American values, thereby becoming a vehicle of American imperialism? And finally, is modernism as a movement over and, if so, has MOMA become a fossilised museum? These are some of the issues explored.
Series: Modern Art: Practices and Debates, Course A316
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Off-air recording license
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Subjects: Art
Keywords: art - modern art; art galleries; museums; paintings

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Cast

Francis Frascina

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