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Glenn Lowry, the Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York addressed a packed audience.
“Making the Modern: A disruptive theory of the Museum of Modern Art.”
On March 19 Glenn Lowry, the Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York addressed a packed audience at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Thessaloniki on “Making the Modern: A disruptive theory of the Museum of Modern Art.”
Lowry described his philosophy and methodology for renewing and leading the MoMA, one of America’s finest museums. Lowry’s lecture was part of the “Great Ideas” series in honor of the Fulbright Foundation’s 60th Anniversary, designed to bring noted American experts and artists to Greece to perform and discuss current topics of interest to the Greek and American people. The major sponsor of the series is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the series is organized with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Athens and the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki. The President of Yale University, Richard Levin, will be the next speaker in the series and will come to Thessaloniki on May 7.
Glen Lowry in the local press: Simera | Angelioforos | Makedonia 1 | Makedonia 2
