The Museum of Modern Art has been the arbiter of all things modern since it opened in 1929, and has always championed a linear view of art history as the evolution of one “ism” after another. The museum is currently re-hanging its permanent collection by theme rather than era. “The assumption behind MOMA’s reshuffle, like the Tate’s, appears to be that to continue creating, we have to free ourselves from a burdensome history. Picasso has to be put in his place.” – The Guardian