Who Gets to Call It Art?

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Who Gets to Call It Art? ★★½ 2005

Jumbled documentary about the unlikely career of Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler, who died in 1994, and his 1969 landmark 408-piece exhibition entitled “New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970” that showcased works from 43 artists, including Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, and David Hockney. 80m/C DVD . US