Pontus Hultén: Commander of Modern Art
Claes Britton
Walther & Frans König, 2025
€25,00
The first biography of legendary curator and museum director Pontus Hultén (1924-2006) narrates the story of one of the most influential curators of the 20th century, interweaving it with the story of modern art in this era. Groundbreaking and canonized, rebellious and scandalized – Pontus Hultén, curator and museum director, was a fearless combatant for modern art, inspiring contemporary curators, artists, other creatives and art historians today more than ever.
Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus Hultén is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century. He was the pioneering former head of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm and in the 1970s he was invited to participate in the creation of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where he was the first director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne (MNAM) in 1974–1981.
ISBN: 9783753308760
