在严酷的后现代派时期,一家老式的现代派美术馆怎样才能维持下去呢?纽约的现代艺术博物馆(MOMA)并未将自己局限在一味崇拜二十世纪的大师的地步,也并未在大师们退入历史的长河中去时对他们頂礼膜拜。一位新任馆长琳达·希勒仔细地审视了为青年画家颇有前途的作品而举办的稀奇古怪、各式各样的当代艺术展览。没有人指责现代艺术博物馆是在赶时髦。1987年2月,美术馆举办了一次(?)溯保尔·克利一生的大型美展,保尔·克利——一位久已不合时尚并已死去半个世纪的画家。这次雄心勃勃的画展,是该馆举办得最出色的展览之一。一家大型美国美术馆用如此长远而富于思考的眼光来看待克利的作品,已整不多有二十年 How can an old-style modernist art museum survive the harsh postmodernist era? The New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) does not limit itself to admiring the gurus of the twentieth century nor to the masters When they retreat into the long river of history to pay homage to them. A newly appointed curator, Linda Shiller, examines the quirky and varied contemporary art exhibitions for promising young artists. No one accused the Museum of Modern Art is hipster. In February 1987, the Museum of Fine Arts held a large-scale art exhibition for the lifetime of Paul Klee. Paul Klee, a long time out-dated painter who had died half a century ago, This ambitious art exhibition is one of the best exhibitions in the museum. A large-scale American art museum viewed Klee’s work in such a long-term and thought-provoking vision for almost two decades