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In 2003 Bruce Mau was asked to explore a range of possibilities for the new building’s signage. He decided to keep the same typeface, Franklin Gothic, but brought Matthew Carter in to work out some of the details.
The museum was founded in 1929, as the first of its kind. With over 135,000 paintings, prints, photographs, drawings, sculptures, films and design objects, is is one of the most comprehensive views into modern art in the world today. Due to the rapid growth of the collection, it was recently expanded by Yoshio Taniguchi.
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