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The Director's Choice

Episode 15 of 30

MoMA's director Glenn Lowry chooses his personal favourite of the works in the collection, Dayanita Singh’s Museum of Chance.

Art critic Alastair Sooke, in the company of some of the leading creatives of our age, continues his deep dive into the stunning works in the Museum of Modern Art's collection, whilst exploring what it really means β€œto see” art.

As the series reaches its halfway point, we're in the company of MoMA's director, Glenn Lowry. Overseeing a museum of the scale and prestige of MoMA, which of the works in his care stands out for him personally? Glen explains why Dayanita Singh’s Museum of Chance speaks to him above all the others.

Producer: Tom Alban

Main Image: Dayanita Singh, Museum of Chance, 2013. 162 pigmented inkjet prints and teak structures, variable dimensions. Acquired with support from The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, The Modern Women's Fund, and Committee on Photography Fund. Museum of Modern Art, NY, 494.2017. Β© 2019 Dayanita Singh. Courtesy of the Frith Street Gallery, London

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