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Published to accompany an exhibition of highlights from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, in Paris, Being Modern tells the stories of 120 works of art and design acquired by the Museum between its founding in 1929 and the present, providing a unique insight into one of the world's greatest collections of modern and contemporary art.Featuring paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures, video, film, architecture and design--from Paul Cézanne's iconic painting "The Bather" (c. 1885) to a set of the 176 digital emoji we use on our mobile phones every day--the catalogue underscores the diversity and relevance of MoMA's collection while providing a fresh perspective on the modern canon.The book is organized chronologically according to the year each artwork entered the Museum's collection. Short texts by curators accompany the plates, giving an overview of each work's significance as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the process by which MoMA acquired it. An essay by the Museum's director, Glenn D. Lowry, outlines the history of the institution and puts the collection in context, and a concise chronology charts the Museum's growth. A departure from the usual "highlights" book, this unique catalog presents MoMA's extraordinary collection from a new angle, telling the story of modern art through the growth of an institution that embraced an aesthetic revolution in the early 20th century and evolved along with it into the 21st.

Photographer Philippe Chancel (born 1959) has mined the terrain between art, documentary and journalism for over 20 years. Between 2007 and 2009, Chancel made several visits to the United Arab Emirates, and found a country overwhelming in its architectural giganticism and astounding in its determination to domesticate a hostile environment. The resultant feeling of artifice is ubiquitous: the desert grows green, seawater is desalinated and new islands rise out of the sea. Moving from one air-conditioned space to another, from apartment to limousine, from limousine to shopping mall, from shopping mall to theme park, Chancel found irresistible pictures to take at every turn. Under his gaze, the United Arab Emirates is laid bare as the realization of the consumer society ideal, in which humans exist in a wholly manmade domain. With his characteristic frontal, distanced framing, devoid of judgment and emotion, Chancel portrays a country that is at once baffling and fascinating.

A complete retrospective of one of the most significant photographers of our time, including almost 50 images published here for the very first time.

Using the unparalleled photography collection of The Museum of Modern Art, this volume charts the history of modern photography from the 1920s to 1960.

The first book to highlight MoMA¿s incredible photography collection.