MoMA and Centre Pompidou directors discuss modern art evolution

In a 2002 interview published in artpress, MoMA director Glenn D. Lowry and Centre Pompidou's Musée National d'Art Moderne director Alfred Pacquement discussed the challenges of keeping their institutions at the forefront of contemporary art. The conversation, led by former MoMA curator Margit Rowell, covered the integration of contemporary works into permanent collections, the chronological hanging of art, and the shifting definition of contemporaneity. Lowry, who has led MoMA since 1995, and Pacquement, who took over the Mnam in 2000, addressed how their museums adapt to the latest artistic trends while maintaining their modernist foundations. The interview reflects on the institutional strategies for presenting art history in a rapidly changing cultural landscape.