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Growing up with the twentieth century, Alfred Barr (1902-1981), founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, harnessed the cataclysm that was modernism. In this book--part intellectual biography, part institutional history--Sybil Gordon Kantor tells the story of the rise of modern art in America and of the man responsible for its triumph. Following the trajectory of Barr's career from the 1920s through the 1940s, Kantor penetrates the myths, both positive and negative, that surround Barr and his achievements. Barr fervently believed in an aesthetic based on the intrinsic traits of a work of art and the materials and techniques involved in its creation. Kantor shows how this formalist approach was expressed in the organizational structure of the multidepartmental museum itself, whose collections, exhibitions, and publications all expressed Barr's vision. At the same time, she shows how Barr's ability to reconcile classical objectivity and mythic irrationality allowed him to perceive modernism as an open-ended phenomenon that expanded beyond purist abstract modernism to include surrealist, nationalist, realist, and expressionist art. Drawing on interviews with Barr's contemporaries as well as on Barr's extensive correspondence, Kantor also paints vivid portraits of, among others, Jere Abbott, Katherine Dreier, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Philip Johnson, Lincoln Kirstein, Agnes Mongan, J.B. Neumann, and Paul Sachs.

Barr, Alfred H. Jr --- Art museum directors --- Barr, Alfred H., --- Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) --- History.

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Art, European --- Art --- Art --- Art patrons --- Art museum directors --- Art --- Art --- Mécènes --- Directeurs de musée d'art --- Art. --- Art, European. --- Art museum directors. --- Art patrons. --- Art --- Private collections --- Collections privées --- Private collections. --- Uhoda, Georges --- Uhoda, Stéphane --- Uhoda, Georges --- Busine, Laurent --- Busine, Laurent. --- Uhoda, Georges. --- Uhoda, Stéphane. --- Art collections --- Art collections --- 1900-1999 --- Belgium.

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Art museum curators --- Art museum directors --- Art critics --- Conservateurs de musée d'art --- Directeurs de musée d'art --- Critiques d'art --- Exhibitions --- Expositions --- Haug, Hans, --- Exhibitions. --- Conservateurs de musée d'art --- Directeurs de musée d'art

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Art museum directors --- -Artists --- -Authors, French --- -Diplomats --- -330.35 --- 338.124 --- Statesmen --- French authors --- Persons --- Directors of art museums --- Art museums --- Museum directors --- Biography --- Employees --- Denon, Vivant --- Denon, Dominique Vivant --- Denon, Vivant, --- Vivant, Dominique --- Authors, French --- Diplomats --- Artists --- Biography. --- Art and state --- Art --- Artistes --- History --- Politique gouvernementale --- Histoire --- Musées --- Biographies --- Authors, French - 18th century - Biography. --- Diplomats - France - Biography --- Artists - France - Biography --- Art museum directors - France - Biography. --- Denon, Vivant, - 1747-1825. --- -Biography --- Vivant Denon, Dominique

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Marcel Brisebois, ancien directeur du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MACM), a su faire face à la contestation et répondre avec franchise, parfois même avec un brin d’impertinence et de provocation, ce dont il ne se cache pas, à ceux et à celles qui ont dénoncé ses pratiques et ses choix de gestionnaire. Sa personnalité colorée, sa conception de l’art contemporain en général et tout particulièrement de l’art contemporain québécois et canadien, sa volonté acharnée de constituer une collection d’importance et d’ouvrir l’institution au plus large public possible, et enfin sa détermination à positionner le musée sur l’échiquier muséal international, en ont fait ce que le MACM est aujourd’hui : une institution vivante et prête à relever les défis muséologiques de demain. Considéré le plus souvent comme une figure de contestation, Marcel Brisebois a beaucoup fait parler de lui et dans les termes les plus divers. Mais comment voit-il son rôle de gestionnaire? Quelles doivent être les orientations présentes et futures du Musée d’art contemporain? Et Marcel Brisebois l’homme, l’intellectuel, qui est-il vraiment? D’où vient-il? Comment entrevoit-il son avenir? Toutes ces questions justifient la publication de ce livre sur le parcours exceptionnel de Marcel Brisebois et le Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.

Civic leaders --- Art museum directors --- Executives --- Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal. --- Business executives --- Company officers --- Corporate officers --- Corporation executives --- Managers --- Management --- Directors of art museums --- Art museums --- Museum directors --- Community leaders --- Leaders, Civic --- Social reformers --- Employees --- Québec (Province). --- Brisebois, Marcel,