Here Gonzalez-Torres has imbued common utilitarian objects—lightbulbs strung together—with poetic significance. The cords, like two lives, are intertwined. The life-span of the bulbs, like that of a person, is of a particular duration and will ultimately burn out. The artist said, “I don’t necessarily know how these pieces are best displayed. I don’t have all…

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Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics#tbt: On December 31, 1940, the Museum opened SIXTY PHOTOGRAPHS: A SURVEY OF CAMERA ESTHETICS, the inaugural exhibition of MoMA’s Department of Photography. The exhibition was organized by Beaumont Newhall, who became MoMA’s first curator of photography, and photographer Ansel Adams, with…

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