In Oct. 2006, the Museum of Modern Art announced the creation of a new curatorial department to handle “media.” It concerns itself with all those visual and sound installations not intended for formal, theater-style viewing, like Doug Aitken’s new façade creeper, Sleepwalkers.
The man appointed as chief curator of this department is Klaus Biesenbach, 40, Read More
P.S. 1 is now the official amusement park of the Museum of Modern Art. That’s the conclusion I reached during a recent visit to Long Island City’s MoMA affiliate. At the gate, an attendant stamped a “P.S. 1″ logo on my hand-a ritual usually observed at places like Rye Playland. When I asked if this Read More
Carnival Spirit Reigns at P.S. 1;
Existence of Painting Affirmed
P.S. 1 is now the official amusement park of the Museum of Modern Art. That’s the conclusion I reached during a recent visit to Long Island City’s
MoMA affiliate. At the gate, an attendant stamped a “P.S. 1″ logo on my hand-a ritual usually Read More
When the renovated and expanded P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center reopens on Oct. 26, Alanna Heiss, the art-world diva who after 21 years is still artistic director of the space, would like you to think she’s reinvented the wheel. Three years after the former schoolhouse in Long Island City, Queens, closed for renovations, Ms. Heiss Read More
