A short life of trouble : forty years in the New York art world /
This engrossing memoir brings to vivid life the behind-the-scenes struggles of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Tucker came of age in the 1960s, and this spirited acco...
| Основен автор: | Tucker, Marcia. |
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| Други автори: | Lou, Liza, 1969- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=306112 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Short life of trouble. |
| Резюме: |
This engrossing memoir brings to vivid life the behind-the-scenes struggles of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Tucker came of age in the 1960s, and this spirited account of her life draws the reader directly into the burgeoning feminist movement and the excitement of the New York art world during that time. Her own new ways of thinking led her to take principled stands that have changed the way art museums consider contemporary art. As curator of painting and sc. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Includes index. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (215 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations |
| ISBN: |
9780520942196 0520942191 |