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Happy 150th Birthday Metropolitan Museum of Art

Alan Fisher, [Tapestries exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York], 1941 (2012.121.32) PM, March 6, 1941, pp. 18-19 (photos by Alan Fisher) PM Photographer Agrees With Moses About Museums… Early this week Park Commissioner Robert Moses said some unpleasant … Continue reading

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Weegee Wednesday: “The opera shot got the most laughs”

PM, June 2, 1944, p. 12 PM, June 2, 1944, pp. 12-13 71 years ago yesterday: A Weegee Gets Attention At Museum of Modern Art The big picture at the lower right is the center of attraction in Weegee’s section … Continue reading

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MoMA: Past, Present, and Future

The Museum of Modern Art has had different stages of development, each characterized by an expansion. In 1939, after having already moved three times in ten years, the museum found its permanent location on West 53rd Street, where it remains … Continue reading

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