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The first biography of the curator and museum director Pontus Hultén, a tireless advocate for modern art and the force behind such institutions as the Centre Pompidou.

Over his 50-year career, Pontus Hultén (1924–2006) made a name for himself as the founding director of such institutions as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and MOCA Los Angeles. Claes Britton’s biography relates Hultén’s career in conjunction with the story of modern art across the 20th century.