Alfred Barr
American art historian and museum director (1902-1981)
Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr. (January 2, 1902 – August 15, 1981), known as Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was an art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Quotes
edit- This museum is a torpedo moving through time, its head the ever-advancing present, its tail the ever-receding past of 50 to 100 years ago.
- On the Museum of Modern Art, Newsweek (June 1, 1964).
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