"When we were installing these pieces, people would drive by and hurl insults, like 'I hope you're not leaving that piece of junk on Ocean Drive'. For Newport's traditional and conservative crowd, it was an atrocity to bring this 'ugly' new art to Gilded Age properties that were very much of their moment. Many people thought Modern art was a joke."
"The Preservation Society hosted a celebratory event at Rosecliff, one of its 11 historic properties, to shine a light on the exhibition's story and impact, and to announce new initiatives to safeguard its legacy. Filling Rosecliff's opulent, oceanfront ballroom to the brim, attendees wore their Monumenta pride like a badge of honour."
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