Emotions ran high during a Tuesday night presentation and panel discussion on MoMAs unpopular move to raze the 12-year-old American Folk Art Museum as part of their ongoing expansion plan (and its subsequent justification for its decision). The heated discussion, sponsored by the Architectural League of New York, the Municipal Art Society, and the American Institute of Architects in New York, centered around the disparity between form and function when it came to integrating the folk art museum into the ambitious plans for MoMAs new facilities and the alleged short-sightedness of MoMAs resolve to demolish...
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 01:08:44 +0000
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