Great Museums: In Our Time: The Museum of Modern Art
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Great Museums: In Our Time: The Museum of Modern Art
What do the super stars of modern art -- Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Pollock, Warhol -- have in common with the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle and an Apple iPod? All share the stage at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Here the two big questions are: What makes it modern AND what makes it art? MoMA's scholars, along with David Rockefeller (son of MoMA founder Abby Rockefeller), prove that the modern art of any age is not the newest; it's the next.
Hulu | July 15, 2009
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