Alfred Barr

This is the ghost of Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr., founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

So what's this #askacurator day?

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

So far I've donated $100 to museum nerd dot org. What have you done today? Support the nerd! Please. http://t.co/wk1pn1Nntl

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

@momalibrary What happened? You had to take it down? Do I have to post it myself? #triplicate

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

Here I am, the founding director of MoMA (@MuseumModernArt), and no one even @mentions me these days. I'm going to go have a cocktail.

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

I can't believe no one is asking me questions. It feels like when I got demoted in 1944 and spend a month on the couch. #askacurator

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

@cuauhmedina Good question. A drone could not be today's equivalent for myriad politically charged reasons. Also a torpedo moves linearly.

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

I'll be answering questions from beyond the grave today. #askacurator

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

@museumnerd Yes. I approve. @rejinl @FolkArtMuseum @petitemaoiste

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

It is obvious that those who equate modern art with totalitarianism are ignorant of the facts. #IMAC1952

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

Whatever a Western leader's point of view on artistic matters may be, he would not want to impose his taste upon his countrymen... #IMAC1952

[Neue Galerie New York @NeueGalerieNY]

@AlfredBarr Thank you for the work you did during your lifetime to foster appreciation for Germanic art in NYC & the USA.

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

...[it has] to take chances. It has to consider the probability that it would be wrong in a good many cases and take the consequences later.

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

The historical museum has to be very conservative and careful in its choices. The modern museum, on the other hand, has to be audacious...

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

The [ @MuseumModernArt ] was founded for the presentation and study of the modern arts without any nationalistic bias or prejudices. <DMA15>

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

I will. RT @MuseumModernArt: Picasso: Themes and Variations is now on view at MoMA. Check out the interactive website http://bit.ly/9Y8lZw

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

In all internal memos at MoMA, to Monroe, etc. I abbreviated the title of "What is Modern Painting?" to it's acronymic form, "WIMP."

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

When I was in London, back in September 1927, I picked up a nice little book on British sculptor Frank Dobson. Where did I put that book?

[Alfred Barr @AlfredBarr]

What is Modern painting?