Exhibiting the Foreign on U.S. Soil: American Art Museums and National Diplomacy Exhibitions before, during, and after World War II by Kathleen Berrin
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About Kathleen Berrin
Kathleen Berrin spent forty years as curator of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. During that time she developed national diplomacy exhibitions with Mexico, Peru, New Zealand, and Australia and curated over forty non-Western art exhibitions in which she has collaborated with major museums including the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. In 1986 she received a metal from the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y Historia of the Government of Mexico for the return of Teotihuacan murals as well as the Peruvian Order of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts in 1988. She received a PhD in history at the University of California, Irvine, and is now a curator emeritus, an educator, and a cultural historian.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I: Before World War II
1. America's Lagging Reputation in the Arts and Development of its Art Museums
2. A Modern Identity for America: The First Ten Years of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1929-1939)
3. Old-World Traditions and Excellence: America: The Wartime Origins of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (1925-1945)
Part II: During World War II
4. Enlisting the Arts: War Themed Exhibitions at NGA and MoMA
5. Art in the Service of Persuasion: Nelson Rockefeller and the OCIAA Exhibitions
6. Projecting Influence Abroad: The Second Roberts Commission and the Officers of the Monument, Fine Arts, & Archives Program
Part III: After World War II
7. Shifting Relations: Federal Government and Art Museums in the Early Cold War (1945-1955)
8. Foreign Diplomacy Exhibitions on U.S. Soil (1947-1977)
9. Exhibiting the Other: Personal Experiences With Foreign Diplomacy Exhibitions at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1973-2011)
10.Perspectives on the Future
Index
Bibliography
About the author
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CIN153813408XVG
9781538134085
153813408X
Exhibiting the Foreign on U.S. Soil: American Art Museums and National Diplomacy Exhibitions before, during, and after World War II by Kathleen Berrin
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Rowman & Littlefield
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