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One of Pontus Hultén’s strengths was his phenomenal ability to be exactly where history is being made. He was in Paris already in 1946, digging for the roots of modernism. Instead, he discovered the art of Marcel Duchamp, made friends with Constantin Brancusi and Jean Tinguely, and witnessed the emergence of a new post-war world. Just over a decade later, in 1957, he was in the USA, experiencing how the dominance of abstract expressionism was being challenged by a more socially aware, down-to-earth generation, where art was linked with reality. Further from the gallery space, closer to the street.

Pontus Hultén became known to the international public through his shows such as Movement in Art, American Pop Art and the world’s first solo exhibition with Andy Warhol. He turned Moderna Museet into a genuine meeting-place, with his now legendary evening events, film shows and happenings. Together with the art historian and genius Carlo Derkert, whom he recruited in the 1960s, he made a lasting, seminal impact on the museum’s educational programme.

Artists: Eva Aeppli, Torsten Andersson, Antic, Arman, Olle Baertling, Dick Bengtsson, Constantin Brancusi, Robert Breer, Daniel Buren, Greg Colson, Siri Derkert, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon Duchamp, Bo Ek, Lars Englund, Max Ernst, Öyvind Fahlström, Jean Fautrier, Göran Folcker, Sam Francis, Alex Hay, Lars Hillersberg, David Hockney, Rebecca Horn, Jean Olivier Hucleux, Toshimitsu Imai, Robert Jacobsen, Jasper Johns, Åke Karlung, On Kawara, Edward Kienholz, Piotr Kowalski, Bertrand Lavier, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Ulf Linde, Olli Lyytikäinen, Gergory Mahoney, Kasimir Malevitj, Walter De Maria, Sebastien Matta, Richard Mortensen, Kang Myonghi, Claes Oldenburg (Coosje van Bruggen), Nam June Paik, Liga Pang, Sarah Perry, Liubov Popova, André Raffray, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Tonie Roos, Ed Ruscha, Niki de Saint Phalle, Sarkis, Serp, Thomas Shannon, Jan Svenungsson, Vladimir Tatlin, Fruls Tilpo, Andy Warhol, Dan Wolgers, Christian Zeimert