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Hightower named MoMA director in modern arts push
John 8. Hightower, 36, chosen to head the Museum of Modern Art starting May 1, plans to expand access by relating art to daily life. As executive director of the New York State Council on the Arts, he oversees a 2.5 million dollar budget with 500 staff and a 6.5 million operating budget. He champions art beyond painting and sculpture, including film, product design, and environmental aesthetics, and aims to bring art to disadvantaged communities while keeping curatorial staff handle artistic problems. He values humor in administration and recalls jargon he once found in memos.
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Miles A. Smith
NEW York (Ap
John 8. Hightower
Museum of Modern Art
New York State Council On the Arts
Tam
State Council
Hightower
Bates Lowry
Yale
Matisse
Clyfford
Upstate
New York
Pomona College
Chicago