Book discussion by MoMA insiders Ann Temkin and Romy Silver-Kohn

The Cornwall Library will host MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) insiders Ann Temkin and Romy Silver-Kohn Saturday, Feb. 22, at 5 p.m. in conversation about their new book, “Inventing the Modern: Untold Stories of the Women Who Shaped the Museum of Modern Art.”

“Inventing the Modern” is a collection of lively profiles of 14 visionary women who shaped the Museum of Modern Art in its early decades. It contains engaging essays about MoMA’s three founders, influential patrons, curators and department directors who were central to the museum’s success.

Temkin is the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis chief curator of painting and sculpture at MoMA, the first woman to lead that department. Silver-Kohn worked for many years as a researcher in painting and sculpture. Together they commissioned, contributed to and edited the essays in “Inventing the Modern.”

Temkin is a familiar presence in Cornwall, and garden lovers may remember her talk on Monet’s gardens at the 2024 Books & Blooms garden event. Silver-Kohn has a home in nearby Sharon.

**Registration is required**

Click here to register for the in-person-only program at the library, 30 Pine St., Cornwall, Conn.

Ann Temkin and Romy Silver-Kohn will discuss their new book, “Inventing the Modern,” Feb. 22 at the Cornwall Library. Photo contributed