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York Modern Art Institutions: Many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and such institutions as the United Nations (through UNICEF) have entered the greeting card field. They usually offer highly specialized greetings, such as Christmas cards reproducing paintings from museum collections or, in the case of the UNICEF collection, a tableau of international Yuletide customs.
Art and Architecture : Together Again in New Museum of Contemporary Art
Those with long memories may recall the days when New York modern art institutions were not only in tune with contemporary culture but also determined to drive it forward.
At the New Museum of Contemporary Art, that spirit is back in force.
In late November, the museum broke ground on its new home on a decrepit strip of the Bowery on the Lower East Side.
Much of his life was spent in distributing more than $100 million in gifts to Yale University, Harvard University, the Pilgrim Trust (in Britain), Phillips Exeter Academy, Columbia University, the New York Public Library, and other educational and welfare institutions. Through his initiative, the multiple-college or house plan was established at Harvard and Yale. He also served as trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Harkness died in New York City on Jan. 29, 1940. |
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