In addition to its impressionist matchup “Manet/Degas,” the Met unveiled Lauren Halsey’s spectacular new rooftop installation. Our critics weigh in on this year’s most thrilling shows.
Tag: Museum of Modern Art
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An-My Le Turns Her Lens on Vietnam
At MoMA, her images of Vietnam, the American South and the California desert show the vanishing line between boot camp and theater, fiction and truth. They are tour-de-force beautiful.
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Marina Abramovic Relents and Adapts a Provocative Pice for Today
In a new retrospective, a work that shocked audiences in the 1970s has been altered to suit contemporary mores. “Really, the smart thing to do is compromise,” the artist said.
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‘Ed Ruscha/Now Then’ Review: American Art’s Deadpan Laureate
Ed Ruscha, intrepid explorer of language and image, prefigured a digital culture of words on the move. A retrospective at MoMA shines new light on his groundbreaking career: the books, the paintings, the room made of chocolate.