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May 15, 2012

Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon

Posted by Charles Silver

These notes accompany the screenings of Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon on May 16, 17, and 18 in Theater 3. Fred Zinnemann (1907–1997) fits comfortably into a group with such directors as Rouben Mamoulian (Applause), Lewis [...]

May 14, 2012

Cindy Sherman and John Waters: A Conversation

Posted by Makiko Wholey

As an admirer of both Cindy Sherman and John Waters, I was happy to see a conversation between the artists included in Cindy Sherman, the exhibition catalogue accompanying the Museum’s major retrospective of the artist’s [...]

May 11, 2012

Do You Know Your MoMA? 5/11/12

Posted by Jason Persse

How well do you know your MoMA? If you think you can identify the artist and title of each of these works—all currently on view in the Painting and Sculpture, Architecture and Design, and Contemporary [...]

Installing Ellsworth Kelly’s Sculpture for a Large Wall

Posted by Cara Manes

If you’ve visited the Museum in the past few months, you may have seen the special installation of F-111, the massive 23-panel painting that artist James Rosenquist made to wrap around the four walls of [...]

Sometimes It Does Take a Rocket Scientist to Design a Title Wall

Posted by Stephanie Huang

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When we first started meeting with curators Paola Antonelli and Kate Carmody about creating graphics for the new Architecture and Design exhibition, Born out of Necessity, they explained that one of the exhibition’s main themes [...]

May 8, 2012

Kenji Mizoguchi’s The Life of Oharu

Posted by Charles Silver

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These notes accompany the screenings of Kenji Mizoguchi’s The Life of Oharu on May 9, 10, and 11 in Theater 3.

May 7, 2012

Art Adventures in the Wild West

Posted by Mia Curran

Abandoning the New York chip on my shoulder, I headed towards sunny Los Angeles ready to take in whatever the city threw my way. I had never been to the City of Angels, and the [...]

Five for Friday: Mexican Muralists on Cinco de Mayo

Posted by Bonnie Mackay

Five for Friday, written by a variety of MoMA staff members, is our attempt to spotlight some of the compelling, charming, and downright curious works in the Museum’s rich collection.

Reading Print/Out: 20 Years in Print

Posted by Hannah Manfredi

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Reading Print/Out: 20 Years in Print is a bit like browsing the Internet while strolling through a crowded urban intersection, overhearing many conversations at once and witnessing the same (but different) red stop sign again, [...]

May 2, 2012

CLICK@MoMA: Wearable Technology!

Posted by Calder Zwicky

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This season, as part of our third CLICK@MoMA digital technology course for teens, we teamed up with the amazing crew over at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center to collaborate on a course that blends cutting-edge technology, [...]