Whatever you think of the for-beginners-only wall texts and labels, you can’t help being wowed by the artworks and their installation—many intriguing juxtapositions, along with powerful single-artist concentrations.
Chaos and Classicism chief curator of painting and sculpture, describing insights she gained by viewing her own agglomeration of some 250 works (many dusted off from storage) from MoMA’s permanent collection.
As I turn my camera on David Smith‘s “Australia” while Temkin discusses it, you’ll not only see a Jackson Pollock peeking through the sculpture’s apertures; you’ll also spot the head of MoMA’s director, Glenn Lowry framed by Smith’s drawing-in-air: