Lowry's major initiatives include the creation of a new
curatorial department, Media and Performance Art; the establishment of the research program Contemporary and Modern Art
Perspectives in a
Global Age Initiative (C - MAP); and the merger of The Museum of Modern Art and PS1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1).
at the Museum of Modern Art — make bold attempts to decode fashion from two opposing
curatorial perspectives, by tackling the very premise of fashion's postmodernity, and with it, many of its existential dilemmas: the relationship between form and function, automation and craftsmanship, and the status of aesthetic authorship in the age of
global mass production.