Museum of Modern Art

The Artful Traveler: The Portable Diego Rivera
by Deborah Hay In 1931, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera was enjoying international celebrity, and New York’s fledgling Museum of Modern Art was eager to mount a retrospective of his work. Throughout the ‘20s, Rivera had painted monumental frescoes, commissioned by the Mexican government, reflecting his country’s history and the socialist
What was Good Design? How MoMA Shaped the Modern Home
Reviewed by Deborah Hay La Chaise by Charles and Ray Eames On a recent visit to the design galleries of New York's Museum of Modern Art, I overheard more than one visitor declare a personal kinship to an item in the newest exhibition. "Wow! We