MoMA Contemporary Highlights: 250 Works Since 1980 from The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title MoMA Contemporary Highlights: 250 Works Since 1980 from The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:280
Dimensions(mm): Height 241,Width 143
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1960 to now
Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
ISBN/Barcode 9780870707131
ClassificationsDewey:708.1471
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Museum of Modern Art
Imprint Museum of Modern Art
Publication Date 4 February 2008
Publication Country United States

Description

At the core of The Museum of Modern Art's new building in Midtown Manhattan are dramatic and expansive new galleries devoted to showcasing the Museum's world-famous collection of international contemporary art. Contemporary Highlights presents this impressive collection in a portable size. This new handbook features curators' selections of the most significant artworks of the past twenty-five years. Interweaving 250 highlights from the Museum's seven curatorial departments - architecture and design, drawing, film, media, painting and sculpture, photography and prints, and illustrated books - this volume presents a broadly chronological overview of the innovative, provocative and always fascinating art of the past quarter century. Each work is presented on its own page in full colour, and each is accompanied by a brief and accessible essay outlining the work's significance. As a companion to MoMA Highlights or on its own, Contemporary Highlights is an indispensable publication for those interested in contemporary art and the collection of The Museum of Modern Art.