Galleries:
Joan and Bob Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art

Alberto Giacometti
Swiss, 1901–1966
Standing Figure, 1957
Bronze
Museum purchase, 1958/1.137

Joan and Bob Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art

Don’t miss Max Beckmann’s Begin the Beguine—an important acquisition by former director and faculty member Jean Paul Slusser in the 1940s, when this represented the contemporary art of the time—along with other works of German Expressionism, European Surrealism, and sculpture by artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Alberto Giacometti, and Barbara Hepworth. An adjoining gallery of modern and contemporary art showcases many gems acquired in recent years—Betye Saar’s Colored, work by Carrie Mae Weems, Kara Walker, and Douglas Huebler, and a massive color photogragh by Candida Höfer—alongside old favorites that previous space limitations kept off view too much of the time.