Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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This film, which documents a controversy over plans to alter the original architectural design of the Whitney Museum of American Art, examines some of the problems raised by the decision, including Modernist and Post-Modernist styles, architecture as art, the responsibility of art museums to the public, and the role of the architect.

DVD, NTSC/PAL
Year 1989
Length 28 mins
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