02-03-2021 20:59 via artnews.com

MoMA Temporarily Covers Philip Johnson’s Name Amid Protests Over His Fascist Views

Amid protests over racist and white supremacist views espoused by the late architect Philip Johnson, the Museum of Modern Art has temporarily covered Johnson’s name on wall signage in the New York institution’s architecture galleries. Johnson, who died in 2005, worked at MoMA in its architecture department during 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s, and designed its sculpture garden in 1953.
According to Hyperallergic, which first reported the news, the obfuscation of a wall sign beari
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