July/August 2008

Dear Friends:

Summer has arrived at MoMA, and a number of exciting exhibitions and programs in July and August provide an ideal way to escape the heat. On July 20, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling opens in two locations: on the sixth floor, an installation of models, drawings, and other materials surveys nearly two hundred years of prefabricated architecture, while five specially commissioned, full-scale homes in the outdoor lot west of the Museum building allow visitors an interactive experience with cutting-edge housing design. Opening August 3, Kirchner and the Berlin Street brings together seven paintings
and nearly eighty drawings for an in-depth exploration of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Berlin Street Scenes—considered the artist's finest works, these paintings brilliantly capture the restless energy of the city just before World War I.

At P.S.1, the outdoor courtyard has come to life with the winning installation from the ninth annual Young Architects Program: P.F.1 (Public Farm One), created by New York–based WORK Architecture Company. Composed entirely of recyclable materials, P.F.1 features a working farm blooming with colorful flowers and vegetables, as well as a refreshing pool and other areas in which to stay cool. This living structure is very much in keeping with MoMA's many "green" initiatives, including the recent switch of all MoMA stationery, invitations, brochures to environmentally friendly paper.

Opportunities to relax amid the lush plantings and cool fountains of MoMA's Sculpture Garden abound in July and August—MoMA Thursday Nights brings live music and cocktails to the garden, while the celebrated Summergarden series of free classical and jazz concerts resumes on Sunday evenings beginning July 6.

We look forward to seeing you in the galleries.

Glenn D. Lowry
Director

Pictured above:
MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders