There was a vocal minority of MoMA members who got their shorts in a bunch when vehicles were first added to the permanent collection several decades ago. It made perfect sense to me, however. Most notably an early E-Type roadster and my personal favorite, John Barnard's lovely Coke bottle shaped 641/2 from 1990. One of the most brutally beautiful objects ever, IMO.
"That's not
art", they sniffed.."just
cars". I promptly renewed my membership just on principle.
Taken last year, with apologies for the crappy iPhone resolution:
Tim