Article: Ferrari's formula. (exhibit of race cars, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York)

Has anyone actually died of a work of art? We are accustomed these days to objects and performances that purport to be dangerous--almost always in the symbolic sense of psychological or political or esthetic menace. Yet except for an occasional tottering sculpture, we seldom encounter a piece that is literally of mortal hazard to its creators or viewers. Thus a rare "Masque of the Red Death" ambience pervaded MOMA one evening last November when--amid a flurry of stiff drinks, tall blonde women and soigne men in over-priced suits--the department of architecture and design ushered into its permanent collection a bright-red 1990 Ferrari Formula One (F1) racing car, winner of ...

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