The Ad Reinhardt You Never Knew
At the MoMA Library we recently unearthed an intriguing box of ephemera by artist Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967). The material was gifted to the Library by Walter and Nettie Wittman, who were friends of the...
View ArticleLost and Found: An Evening with Bern Porter
On Thursday, April 22, the MoMA Library and Esopus Foundation Ltd. co-hosted an evening celebrating the life and work of physicist-artist Bern Porter (1911–2004). I organized the event to breathe life...
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“ART WORK”: Famous Former MoMA Staff
A number of notable individuals began their relationship with MoMA not as noteworthy artists and established personalities, but as conventional Museum employees. Curious? Read on ...To name a few:...
View ArticleSmelling the Books
Having a job as Senior Library Assistant at the Museum of Modern Art Library has been a big influence on my artistic practice. I use the library for research and inspiration, and as a site of...
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Josef Čapek, Czech Modernist Innovator
The Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) offer many resources for scholars investigating Central European modernism. In conducting...
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MKR’s Art Outlook
Part of my job as an intern at the Frick Art Reference Library this past summer entailed looking through the periodicals collection—more specifically, assessing the condition of old magazines,...
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