The Museum of Modern Art in New York was founded in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss and Mary Quinn Sullivan, and its first director was the young art historian Alfred H. Barr Jr. It opened in November of that year in rented rooms in an office building in Manhattan, just days after the Wall Street crash, and moved to its present site on West 53rd Street in 1939. The museum was among the first in the world devoted to modern art, and later broadened its scope to include photography, film, architecture, design and performance. Its collection includes major works such as Van Gogh's The Starry Night, Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Warhol's soup cans. Substantial expansions in 2004 and 2019 have added gallery space.
Before and after
- from 3 October 1929 to 29 November 1945Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 21 October 1929Birth of Ursula K. Le Guin
- from 24 October 1929 to 29 October 1929Wall Street crash of 1929
- from 29 October 1929 to 1 January 1941Great Depression
- 7 November 1929Construction of Museum of Modern Art
- 9 November 1929Birth of Imre Kertész
- 12 November 1929Birth of Grace Kelly
- 15 November 1929Birth of Ed Asner
- 2 December 1929A skull of Peking Man is found at Zhoukoudian
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1921Publication of İstiklâl Marşı
- 2 February 1922Publication of Ulysses
- 1932First edition of Venice Film Festival
- 8 July 1936Construction of Frankfurt Airport
- April 1937Construction of Ben Gurion Airport
- 1942Publication of The Stranger
The era
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