MoMA's 'Reconstructions' Show Changed My Relationship to Space and Cities

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( wednesday, april 21 race and space [MoMA’s ‘Reconstructions’ Show Changed My Relationship to Space and Cities]( Should Black designers revise a history that erased them? Or should they revolt? Photo: Kris Graves. Image courtesy of the artist. The Museum of Modern Art, New York What do exhibitions about Black life accomplish? Do they revise an art history that excluded us? Or do they invite us on a fool’s quest for the illusion of equity? And when are Black voices listened to most closely — in an exhibition audio guide or in an open letter shared on Twitter? The Museum of Modern Art’s�€œReconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America,” organized by Sean Anderson and Mabel O. Wilson with Arièle Dionne-Krosnick and Anna Burckhardt, flirts with the foundations of these questions. [Continue reading »]( Never miss a story from Curbed: [Subscribe now.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Climate-Change-Related Lawsuit Nixes Huge California Development Not in my backyard, says Planet Earth, backed by a judge.]( By Alissa Walker [My Favorite Design Book: Bruno Munari’s ‘A Flower With Love’ Fleurotica founder Robin Rose Hilleary goes back to this out-of-print 1973 volume again and again.]( As told to Camille Okhio [The Stylish Tailor Shops of Christopher Street Angel Ramos, Jake Mueser, and Frederick Castleberry are bespoke tailors and friends.]( By Wendy Goodman [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing [My Week in New York](: a brand-new newsletter from the editors. [Sign up]( to get the first edition this Saturday. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved