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WORLD-CLASS ART LIFE DANCES ON:

ROBERT FRANK IN DIALOGUE

The Museum of Modern Art presents Life Dances On: Robert
Frank in Dialogue, an exhibition offering fresh insights into the
lesser-known and interdisciplinary aspects of Robert Frank’s
vast career as a photographer and filmmaker. The exhibition
explores the six decades following Frank’s seminal photobook
The Americans (1958), tracing his relentless experimentation
and collaborations across various artistic mediums.
Coinciding with the centennial of his birth and inspired by his “This exhibition offers visitors a fresh perspective on an
poignant 1980 film Life Dances On, the exhibition highlights influential artist,” says Lucy Gallun, Curator. “Frank is often
Frank’s creative and personal exchanges with fellow artists and remembered for The Americans, yet his creative journey
his communities. Featuring more than 250 works, mincluding extended far beyond this moment, marked by artistic dialogue,
photographs, films, books, and archival materials, this landmark collaboration, and restless exploration.”
presentation draws from MoMA’s extensive collection Arranged loosely chronologically, Life Dances On examines
alongside significant loans. Frank’s engagement with themes of artistic inspiration, family,

loss, and memory. His own words are interwoven throughout,
Robert Frank. Goodbye Mr. Brodovitch—I Am Leaving New York. 1971. Gelatin
silver print, 15 7/8×19 15/16" (40.3×50.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, scrawled on photographic negatives, spoken in film narratives,
New York. Promised gift of Michael Jesselson. © 2024 The June Leaf and and echoed in the exhibition catalogue.
Robert Frank Foundation

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