The Art World: What If...?! with Glenn Lowry

In this episode, host Charlotte Burns sits down once more with Glenn Lowry during his final week as director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Over three decades, Lowry transformed MoMA—expanding its collection, reshaping its galleries, and reimagining what a museum, and "modern" itself, can mean. He has guided the museum through moments of crisis and transformation—from 9/11 and global financial shocks to a pandemic and the culture wars of recent years. Now, as Lowry steps down, he shares what it really takes to guide an institution through moments of upheaval and reinvention. He looks back on the lessons learned, the challenges ahead for the cultural sector, and the art of leadership: how ideas are tested, institutions reshaped, and futures imagined. Tune in as Lowry asks: what if museums had the courage to believe that the art that will come will be every bit as interesting and important as the art of the past? Find us wherever you get your podcasts.

You can listen to The Art World: What If...?! with Glenn Lowry online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

The Art World: What If...?! with Glenn Lowry is an episode from In Other Words by Allan Schwartzman.

This episode is 56:54 long.

This episode was published on Oct 2, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from In Other Words when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.