MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938

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Building and Politicizing American Art

By Caroline M. Riley

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MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938 examines the Museum of Modern Art's landmark exhibition, Three Centuries of American Art, which showcased over 750 artworks in Paris. This comprehensive display marked a key moment in the internationalisation of American art and redefined the notion of 'masterpieces' amid the politically charged 1930s. Caroline M. Riley reveals how the exhibition extended beyond art history to act as nation-building and cultural diplomacy on the eve of war.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in art history, museum studies, cultural diplomacy, and 20th-century American and international arts and culture.

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Three Centuries of American Art in 1938 was the Museum of Modern Art’s first international exhibition. With over 750 artworks on view in Paris, it was the most comprehensive display of American art to date in Europe and an important contributor to the internationalisation of American art.

MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938 explores how, at a time when the concept of artworks as “masterpieces” was very much up for debate, the exhibition expressed a vision of American art and culture that was not simply the rearticulation of prior surveys but an attempt at a new formulation. Caroline M. Riley demonstrates that the exhibition was not purely an art historical endeavour, but the work of nation building at the brink of international war in the politically turbulent 1930s, and the development of the idea that works of art can be diplomatic tools.

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Praised for its detailed research and thorough account of the vast efforts behind staging an international exhibition of this scale, the book is acknowledged as a timely and important contribution to understanding MoMA's influence and the transnational nature of cultural practices within art history and museum studies.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520386914

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 60 color illustrations, 29 b-w illustrations, 8 tables

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1089g

Pages: 360

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About the Author

Caroline M. Riley is Research Associate in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of California, Davis. A curator and academic, she is a historian of American visual culture in a global context.