“LOUISE BOURGEOIS: AN UNFOLDING PORTRAIT” The Museum of Modern Art September 24, 2017-January 28, 2018 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019 Beginning September 24, 2017, The Museum of Modern Art brings us a new exhibit about the creative process and works of Louise Bourgeois. The exhibit, entitled “Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait”, does not have simply…
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MOMA TAKES A STANCE ON TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN
In the first week of his presidency, Donald Trump issued an executive order that banned immigration and travel from seven majority Muslim countries – Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, and Somalia. The move led to outrage from human rights groups and the eruption of protests across the country. Last Thursday, February 2nd, the Museum…
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR: RETROSPECTIVE TRIBUTE @ MOMA
Pedro Almodóvar Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019 Nov 29-Dec 17 Spanish film director, Pedro Almodóvar's twenty most iconic films are currently on display atMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA) through December 17th. The retrospective exhibit will display Almodóvar's groundbreaking cinematic work. Over his lifetime, Almodóvar has established himself as one of…
NAN GOLDIN @ MOMA – NYC – JUNE 11 – FEB 12
Nan Goldin "Ballad of Sexual Dependency" The Museum of Modern Art, NYC June 11 - February 12, 2017 The MoMA has reinstalled Nan Goldin's 700 snapshot slideshow. The portraits are sequenced in unison with a soundtrack that correlates to the photographs. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a personal narrative taken from Nan Goldin's experiences…
MOMA PRESENTATION HONORS THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE ART WORLD
Andrea Geyer Revolt, They Said (October 15–November 29, 2015) Insistence (October 15–November 15, 2015) MoMA 11 West 53rd Street, New York This month the MoMA continues a two-part presentation by artist Andrea Geyer. Comprising of the video projection Insistence (2013) and the large-scale wall drawing Revolt, They Said (2012–ongoing), the presentation is the culmination of her…
TAKE AN OBJECT @ MOMA – NEW YORK – AUG 22 – FEB 28
Take an Object MoMA 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019, Second Floor August 22, 2015 - February 28, 2016 MoMA is exploring old times to bring a new exhibition, Take an Object, to its space from August 22nd to February 28th, 2016. The exhibit explores an era in the 1950s and 60s, where a radical…
YOKO ONO @ MOMA – NEW YORK – MAY 17 – SEPT 7 – 2015
Yoko Ono: "Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971" Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY May 17 - September 7, 2015 Yoko Ono has exhibited at the MoMA before, in an advertised "one woman show," consisting of a plaque that informed visitors that the artist had released flies on the Museum…
LIPS, STARS, AND WARRIOR CRESTS – MARINA ABRAMOVIC’S MISFITS FOR THE TABLE
Now you can put your pasta on an image of Marina Abramović's gold-leaf covered lips. The MoMA Design Store and Bernardaud present Abramović Method: Misfits for the Table, a set of mismatched porcelain plates featuring the above lips, as well as star, sun and moon motifs, and Marina's family crest from Montenegro. Each set is comprised…
DOCUMENTARY FORTNIGHT 2015 @ MOMA – NEW YORK – FEB 13 – 27
Documentary Fortnight MoMA, 1 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 February 13 through 27, 2015 Documentary Fortnight 2015: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media, is the 14th annual showcase of recent documentary film that examines the relationship between contemporary art and nonfiction practices and reflects on new areas of documentary filmmaking. The two-week…
THIS MONTH @ THE MOMA – NEW YORK CITY – JANUARY 2015
The New Year brings about a whole new round of special shows and exhibitions at the MoMA. Some exhibitions are too good to go out with 2014, however. The popular Matisse: "The Cut-Outs" exhibition has been extended until February 10, so you have some more time to go and see it (or see it again).…
RICHARD TUTTLE ON THE PURPOSE OF ART
I’ve long been in awe of Richard Tuttle’s works. At first, as a child: I despised his work and my taste instantly went towards Warhol and Koons. But soon, as an adolescent, my heart awoke to the splendors of the finely grained beauties of the world – those dappled rarer things – and my eyes crawled…
STURTEVANT @ MOMA NEW YORK – NOV 9 – FEB 22
Sturtevant: Double Trouble November 9, 2014–February 22, 2015 Special Exhibitions Gallery, third floor The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019 MoMA presents the first comprehensive survey in the U.S. of the 50-year career of Sturtevant (American, 1924–2014), and the only institutional presentation of her work organized in the U.S.…
ROBERT GOBER @ MOMA – NYC – OCT 4 – JAN 18
Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not A MetaphorMuseum of Modern ArtOctober 4th, 2014 - January 18th, 2015 Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor is the first large-scale survey of Robert Gober’s career to take place in the United States. Robert Gober (American, b. 1954) rose to prominence in the mid-1980s and was quickly acknowledged as one of…
CHRIS OFILI @ THE NEW MUSEUM – NYC – OCT 29 – FEB 1
Chris Ofili: Night and Day The New Museum October 29, 2014-February 2, 2015 This October, The New Museum will present English-born Chris Ofili's first major solo exhibition in the United States. "Night and Day" is a collection of the artist's influential career, including various mediums such as painting, drawing, and sculpture. The exhibition will occupy…
“ARTIST” DEFACES WALL AT JEFF KOONS RETROSPECTIVE @ THE WHITNEY
Performance artist Istvan Kantor was removed from The Whitney Museum for splashing what was reportedly his own blood in the shape of an X on the third floor of the museum's current retrospective on the illustrious Jeff Koons. The Canadian self-described critic also managed to scribble "Monty Cantsin [his pseudonym] was here" and posed behind Koons' Rabbit sculpture, which…
SEPTEMBER EXHIBITIONS – MOMA – NEW YORK 2014
September 2014 Film + Performance Art Exhibitions Museum of Modern Art September 2014 FILM SERIES: MoMA Presents: Sidney Lanfield's Hat Check Girl September 1–7 In 2013 MoMA collaborated with Twentieth Century-Fox to preserve what may have been the only extant 35mm nitrate print of Hat Check Girl (1932). Long unseen by moviegoers, the film made a triumphant return,…
SCOTT KING SOLO EXHIBITION @ BORTOLAMI GALLERY – NYC – SEPT 4 – OCT 4
Scott King: Totem Motif Bortolami Gallery September 4-October 4, 2014 This September, Bortolami Gallery in New York City is presenting a solo exhibition of Scott King's latest work, Totem Motif. This collection, which originated this past May at Between Bridges in Berlin, will be recreated in a new space. Scott King, an artist from England, was previously…
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS: THE PRODUCTION LINE OF HAPPINESS @ THE MOMA – JULY 27 – NOV 2
Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness The Museum of Modern Art, NYC July 27th - November 2nd, 2014 The first retrospective ever mounted of Christopher Williams spans the impressive 35-year career of the influential artist. The exhibition features about 100 photographs that examine the history of photography within the larger context of image production,…
LYGIA CLARK AT THE MoMA MAY 10 – AUGUST 24
LYGIA CLARK: THE ABANDONMENT of ART, 1948-1988 May 10 - August 24, 2014 The Museum of Modern Art 1 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019 Opening May 10th, The Museum of Modern Art will present a major retrospective devoted to the art of Lygia Clark (Brazilian, 1920-1988), set to be the first comprehensive…
MOMA PS1 SPRING OPEN HOUSE – SUNDAY MARCH 23
MoMA Ps1 Long Island City, NY Sunday, March 23, 201 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM The Museum of Modern Art's hip and contemporary younger sister Ps1 will host a Spring Open House on March 23 to celebrate the opening of Christoph Schlingensief, Maria Lassnig, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Gavin Kenyon: Reliquary Void, GCC: Achievments in Retrospective, Taster's Choice,…