MoMA Museum celebrates Romanian art dealer and collector Ileana Sonnabend

Newsroom 08/01/2014 | 12:33

New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will hold an exhibition to celebrate the career and influence of Romanian art dealer Ileana Sonnabend, well-known in the art world for her contribution in 20^th century.

Sonnabend, who died at 93 years old in 2007, discovered many of the most significant artists of her time and provided an influential bond between the European and American art scenes.

In the presentation of this exhibition, MoMa says that – Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New – explores Sonnabend’s legendary eye through selected works of art that she presented in her eponymous galleries in Paris and New York.

Running until April 21, Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New will include works by about 40 artists, including Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Robert Morris, Mario Merz, Vito Acconci, Mel Bochner, John Baldessari, and Jeff Koons.

More about this exhibition, here.