In the late 1980s, when museums of contemporary art began to be founded throughout the world, Gertrude Stein&rsquo;s oft-quoted, yet perhaps apocryphal comment to MoMA founding director Alfred H. Barr Jr. &ndash; &ldquo;You can be a museum, or you can be modern, but you can&rsquo;t be both&rdquo; &ndash; came back to haunt us. Read more&amp;#8230;
Image:&nbsp;Gertrude Stein&rsquo;s apartment at 27 Rue de Fleurus, Paris, 1920