Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art | Clocktower Gallery & Radio

Exterior of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Photo by Claire Schmitt, 2007.

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Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art

An archive of recordings made at The Museum of Modern Art, collected from recent and past exhibitions and public programs.

RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art Opening Reception of Van Gogh and The Colors of the Night Radio show Zefrey Throwell, our peerlessly perceptive guide of all things obscure and fascinating, takes us through the opening reception of MoMA's Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night. Zefrey Throwell, our peerlessly perceptive guide of all things obscure and fascinating, takes us through the opening reception of MoMA's Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night and all its guests (60 minutes). Originally aired 4/1/09 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art Here is Every: Live from the MoMA Opening Reception (2008) Hosted by Zefrey Throwell Radio show Zefrey Throwell, host of Frank Prattle, speaks to attendees of the MoMA exhibition Here is Every: Four Decades of Contemporary Art, a chronological retrospective of work made within the past forty years culled from MoMA's permanent collection. Zefrey Throwell, host of Frank Prattle with Zefrey Throwell, speaks to attendees of the MoMA exhibition Here is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art, a chronological retrospective of work made within the past forty years and culled from the... Originally aired 11/10/08 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art Kirchner and the Berlin Street at MoMA: The Preview Reception on 29 July 2008 Radio show Art Radio speaks with curators and special guests at the preview reception on July 29, including the exhibition organizer, Deborah Wye, plus live DJ sets by DJ Spun! This exhibition (on view August 3-November 10, 2008) seeks to bring together German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's renowned Street Scenes series, created between 1913 and 1915. Considered by many to be the highpoint of Kirchner's career as a... Originally aired 9/8/08 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Omar Amiralay (2007) Radio show Omar Amiralay (1944-2011) is a documentary filmmaker and producer who describes himself as a "civil society activist". In 2000 he was one of the signatories to a document demanding the end to the state of emergency, imposed in 1963. With works such... Originally aired 7/30/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Q&A (Day 2) (2007) Radio show Discussion on North African and Middle Eastern art, moderated by Catherine David and with speakers Omar Amiralay, Gali Eilat, Abdellah Karroum, Nadira Laggoune-Aklouche, and Akram Zaatari. The speakers are: Omar Amiralay Gali Eilat Abdellah Karroum Nadira Laggoune-Aklouche Akram Zaatari Catherine David (Moderator) studied Linguistics and History of Art at the University de la Sorbonne and Ecolde du Louvre in Paris. From 1982 to 1990... Originally aired 7/30/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Symposium: Akram Zaatari (2007) Radio show Akram Zaatari is an artist who lives and works in Beirut. Author of more than 30 videos, and video installations, Zaatari has been exploring issues pertinent to postwar Lebanon, particularly the mediation of territorial conflicts and wars through... Originally aired 7/30/07 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Abdellah Karroum (2007) Radio show Abdellah Karroum (born 1970, Morocco) works as an independent art researcher, publisher and curator. He is the founder and artistic director of several art projects: 'L'appartement 22', an experimental space for encounters, exhibitions and artists'... Originally aired 7/23/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Galit Eilat (2007) Radio show Galit Eilat is a Curator and the Founding Director of The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon. She is Co-Editor in Chief of Maarav - an online arts and culture magazine, as well as a teacher at Tel Aviv University in the Department of Film Studies... Originally aired 7/23/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Nadira Laggoune-Aklouche (2007) Radio show Nadira Laggoune-Aklouche is an Algerian art historian based in Algiers. Since 1986, she has taught aesthetics and the history of art at l'Ecole SupÃ©rieure des Beaux-arts d'Alger. She has concurrently held several other associated positions at the... Originally aired 7/23/07 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Q&A (Day 1) (2007) Radio show The speakers are: Bassam El Baroni Mai Abu ElDahab Farhad Moshiri Jack Persekian Laura Srouji Rachida Triki Vasif Kortun (Moderator) is the Director of the Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, in Istanbul (2001- ). He was the founding... Originally aired 7/16/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Jack Persekian (2007) Radio show Jack Persekian is a curator and producer. He is the Founding Director of Anadiel Gallery and the Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem. He is also the Artistic Director of the Sharjah Biennial 8 (2007) and served as Head Curator of... Originally aired 7/9/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Farhad Moshiri (2007) Radio show Farhad Moshiri, an Iranian artist who lives and works in Tehran, answers questions about his work and what it's like to be an Iranian artist working in Tehran. Farhad Moshiri is an Iranian artist who lives and works in Tehran. Mr. Moshiri took his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in 1981 and 1984, returning to Tehran in 1991. His works have been regularly exhibited in Tehran... Originally aired 7/2/07 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Laura Srouji (2007) Radio show Initially fascinated by the sciences, Laura Srouji studied biochemistry at Imperial College in London. Upon graduating, she began a career in marketing at the largest pharmaceutical company in Amman. Srouji eventually found herself in art when... Originally aired 7/2/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Rachida Triki (2007) Radio show Rachida Boubaker-Triki is a professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at Tunis University, President of Tunisian Aesthetic Association ATEP, Vice president of the International Society of Poetics, founding member of the Mediterranean Aesthetics... Originally aired 7/2/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Bassam El Baroni and Mai Abu ElDahab (2007) Radio show Bassam El-Baroni is a writer/curator based in Alexandria, Egypt. In late 2005, he founded Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF), an alternative art space (the first in Egypt's second largest city) which he currently co-directs. As a writer he... Originally aired 6/25/07 Listen Read More »