Frank O’Hara and MoMA
New York Poet, Global Curator
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 4 September 2025
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781350398634
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 232x156x18 mm
- Weight 540 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 28 bw illus 700
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Short description:
The first book to consider the poet Frank O'Hara's distinguished curatorial career for the Museum of Modern Art, and his role in shaping the international reception of American modern art during the Cold War period.
MoreLong description:
This is the first book to closely examine the curatorial work that the celebrated poet Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) undertook for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and abroad.
Upon his premature death, the New York Times obituary ran with the headline: 'Frank O'Hara, 40, Museum Curator / Exhibitions Aide at Modern Art Dies - Also a Poet'. However, in the half a century since, O'Hara's fascinating career as a curator, where he oversaw exhibitions of the likes of Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, David Smith, and Larry Rivers, among others, has been eclipsed by the critical attention given over to his poetry. Drawing on a broad range of unpublished archival material, the book reveals the impact O'Hara's curatorial work had both on the reception of American modern art abroad and on the curatorial profession itself.
It focuses on his travelling exhibitions for MoMA's International Program, a vehicle for soft power during the fraught years of the cultural Cold War, exposing him to new art, artists, and cities, while developing important transnational networks far from New York, from Madrid to Venice, Zagreb to Otterlo.
Bringing together close readings of O'Hara's poems and unpublished letters with a selection of archival illustrations, Holman argues for O'Hara's sense of exuberant continuity between life as a writer and a curator, an American and a cosmopolitan - revealing that he was so much more besides the quintessential New York poet. It is perfect reading for anyone interested in American art in the mid-20th century, curatorial and museum studies, or simply this lesser known but fascinating aspect of the legendary poet's career.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Curating Modern Life
1. This is All Living Art
2. The Bar Amï¿1⁄2ricain Continues to be French
3. In Favor of One's Time
4. Blue Territory
5. Make it New, Make it Over
6. The Slightest Loss of Attention Leads to Death
Afterword: Living Situations in New York and London
Appendix: O'Hara's exhibition record for MoMA
Notes
Index
