Frank O'Hara and MoMA: New York Poet, Global Curator

This is the first book to closely examine the curatorial work that the celebrated poet Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) undertook for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, from 1950 to his death. It traces O'Hara's distinguished curatorial career at home and abroad, situating his work for MoMA's International Program, as well as the Jewish Museum in New York, within the Cold War politics of the day.

Upon his premature death, the New York Times obituary ran with the headline: 'Frank O'Hara, 40, Museu...