Sharon Lockhart (American, born 1964), Untitled, 1996, Chromogenic print, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Neuberger Berman Foundation Gift and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2004

NEW YORK.- The Metropolitan Museum will inaugurate the Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography on September 25, 2007, establishing for the first time a gallery dedicated exclusively to photography created since 1960. With high ceilings, clean detailing, and approximately 2,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Menschel Hall is designed specifically to accommodate the large-scale photographs that are an increasingly important part of contemporary art and the Museum’s permanent collection.

Photographers represented in the collection include such modern masters as Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Doug Aitken, and Sigmar Polke. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21079

Rodney Graham (Canadian, born 1949), Welsh Oaks #1, 1998, Chromogenic print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2002.