by Jon Lackman | 2 August 2006 | Architecture, Museums
From the Architectural Record: “In June the Museum of Modern Art announced that Barry Bergdoll will succeed Terence Riley as Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design … His main focus will be the 20th century—and the 21st. In addition to what he calls ‘monographic shows,’ he expects to mount shows on ‘process,’ including, most likely, digital fabrication, which he says is changing the ‘command structure’ by allowing architects to assume responsibility for making the things they design. He says his interest in the topic was piqued when, at Columbia, he worked with Marble Fairbanks Architects on a slide library made from digitally produced components. While developing ideas for exhibitions, Bergdoll is also looking to fill two curatorial positions that were left open as Riley’s tenure was ending. ‘If you print that, I’ll be inundated with CVs,’ Bergdoll jokes.”
