The Forever Now review: calling time on the avant garde

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Moma’s first show of contemporary painting in 30 years contains some great work – mainly by women – but takes an overly optimistic view of the state of art The Forever Now, Moma’s long-anticipated new exhibition of contemporary painting, is a show worth seeing – which is not the same as saying it’s good. It takes (largely) abstract painting, the medium most beloved of the oligarchical art collectors of our time, and turns a blind eye to its market statu