West Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Lecture - THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - NEW YORK

“THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - NEW YORK”

Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. The rich and varied collection constitutes one of the most comprehensive and panoramic views into modern art. From an initial gift of eight prints and one drawing, The Museum of Modern Art's collection has grown to include over 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. MoMA also owns approximately 22,000 films and four million film stills, and MoMA's Library and Archives, the premier research facilities of their kind in the world, hold over 300,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, and extensive individual files on more than 70,000 artists. The Museum Archives contains primary source material related to the history of MoMA and modern and contemporary art.

Lecturer: Theodora Clarke

Theodora Clarke is an art historian and lecturer specialising in Russian art and European modernism. She lectures widely on 20th Century Avant-garde painting and sculpture to audiences across the UK at museums, galleries and universities. Theodora previously worked at Christie’s and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Bristol. She completed her Masters in Russian Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art (2008) and obtained a First at Newcastle University for her undergraduate degree. Harvard University awarded her a dissertation grant in 2011.

She founded and currently edits the website/journal “Russian Art and Culture” and publishes the guide to Russian Art Week in London.