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Monday, 18 May 2015 07:39

The Museum of Modern Art Unveils Recently Acquired Photographs

A photograph of Rene Magritte by Shunk-Kender. A photograph of Rene Magritte by Shunk-Kender. Flickr

Following the recent acquisition of more than 600 works from the Shunk-Kender Photography Collection, The Museum of Modern Art presents "Art on Camera: Photographs by Shunk-Kender, 1960–1971," on view through October 4, 2015. The photographers Harry Shunk (German, 1924–2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937– 2009) worked together under the name Shunk-Kender from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, based first in Paris and then in New York. Shunk-Kender photographed artworks, events, and landmark exhibitions of avant-garde movements of the era, from Nouveau Réalisme to Earth art.

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