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June 20, 2014  |  Collection & Exhibitions
Talking John Cage with David Platzker and Jon Hendricks

John Cage. 4'33" (In Proportional Notation). 1952/53. Ink on paper, each page: 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Henry Kravis in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis, 2012. © 2014 John Cage Trust

John Cage. 4’33” (In Proportional Notation). 1952/53. Ink on paper, each page: 11 x 8 1/2″ (27.9 x 21.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Henry Kravis in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis, 2012. © 2014 John Cage Trust

I had the pleasure of speaking with David Platzker and Jon Hendricks, curators of </em>There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4’33”</a> (October 12, 2013 to June 22, 2014), about the development of the show. David Platzker has been Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, since May 2013. Jon Hendricks is an artist and Fluxus Consulting Curator of the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection.

January 5, 2011  |  Collection & Exhibitions, Tech, Videos
Just a Bunch of Paintings with Lines?
Still from The Painting Techniques of Mark Rothko: No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black)

Still from MoMA's video The Painting Techniques of Mark Rothko: No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black)

At the beginning of the video on the painting techniques of Barnett Newman that we produced for MoMA’s Abstract Expressionist New York iPad app (and the exhibition’s website), Corey D’Augustine, a conservator and instructor of the on-site and online course Materials and Techniques of Postwar Abstract Painting tells this story: