This is a 'momentous occasion to celebrate the art of our time.'
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. He breezes through a tour of the finished reinstallation, including"145 objects, 108 years of history, 89 artists...and one exhausted curator," discussing the ins and outs of the large gallery without missing a beat."These sections — or moments — are not organized chronologically," he explains,"but by theme, which allows conversations to emerge and blossom with a collection as wonderful as ours.
Another intriguing arrangement lies just beyond, with Toshiko Takaezu's closed-form ceramics surrounded by several abstract-expressionist paintings. The effect is something like a quiet meeting, as Elaine de Kooning's"Bullfight", Joan Mitchell's"Dune" and Sonia Gechtoff's"The Beginning" seem to silently discuss color, shape and texture with the enigmatic pottery that lies between them.
Lifting up diverse voices is another big initiative for the museum's overall programming, and the Modern and Contemporary gallery delivers in that category, as well, notably in the Precarious Life section."We're bringing together a variety of artists who are looking at those lives...lost to history. Those are lives who are Black, Indigenous, queer," Padeken notes."The artists are acknowledging those lives as being...as equally to be mourned.
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