1977年策展人Marcia Tucker被纽约惠特尼美国艺术馆(The Whitney Museum of American Art)辞退,原因是她所策划的展览都是关于最前卫的当代艺术,颇富争议。同年Tucker在纽约创建了New Museum,其定位介于展出当代草根艺术家作品的画廊与传统艺术馆之间。New Museum的第一个展 In 1977 curator Marcia Tucker was ousted at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City because of the controversial her curated exhibitions on the most avant-garde contemporary art. In the same year Tucker founded New Museum in New York, positioned between galleries and traditional galleries exhibiting the works of contemporary grassroots artists. New Museum’s first exhibition