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May 17, 2013

Making the Rain

Posted by Random International

Rain Room‘s conception was swift. We were coming up with ideas for dropping an image from above, so each individual pixel would fall into place, using water on water-reactive ground.

FIAF Congress 2013: A Visit to Barcelona’s Filmoteca de Cataluyna

Posted by Anne Morra

Chief film curator Rajendra Roy and I attended the 69th congress of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), in Barcelona, Spain, April 21–27. Each year the member and associate film archives convene in a [...]

May 15, 2013

A Modern Way to Explore Three Great Figures of Mexican Art

Posted by Hannah Kim, Tauni Malmgren

Taking monumental frescos to a multitouch screen, MoMA’s eBook Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Josè Clemente Orozco offers a fresh exploration of three great figures in the revival of mural painting that brought modern [...]

May 14, 2013

Claude Chabrol’s The Cousins

Posted by Charles Silver

These notes accompany screenings of Claude Chabrol’s The Cousins on May 15, 16, and 17 in Theater 3. When Andrew Sarris published Interviews with Film Directors in 1967, he could already write that Claude Chabrol [...]

May 13, 2013

Practice and Progress: The MoMA Alzheimer’s Project Exchange

Posted by Meryl Schwartz

I used to take dance classes as a kid, and I remember the first time I walked into MoMA I was struck by the gallery floors—perfect for dancing.

The Ghosts of Gallery 20: Discovering Dan Flavin

Posted by Jackie Delamatre

After seven years of working at MoMA as a school programs educator, I still treated Gallery 20 as a glorified hallway. As we scurried through on the way to the more crowd-pleasing Pop art in [...]

May 10, 2013

Do You Know Your MoMA? 5/10/13

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 Galleries—please submit your answers by [...]

Le Corbusier Kitchen Conservation: Video Update

Posted by Roger Griffith, Anne Grady

In the March of 2012, conservators in MoMA’s sculpture conservation lab undertook a yearlong treatment of an original kitchen by Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier from the seminal urban construction the Unite d’Habitation. All of [...]

May 8, 2013

Conserving a Nam June Paik Altered Piano, Part 2

Posted by Glenn Wharton

After exhaustive research prior to conserving Untitled (Piano), it was time for reflection. MoMA curators and conservators discussed the difficult decisions ahead. We knew that Nam June Paik playfully changed his works with each installation, [...]

May 8, 2013

Henri Labrouste’s “Precision and Liberty”

Posted by Hannah Kim, Tauni Malmgren

French architect Henri Labrouste (1801–1875) may not be an instantly recognizable name, yet he is one of the most influential precursors of modern architecture. Most well known for two luminous library reading rooms built in [...]

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MoMA celebrates the landmark year 1913 with a series of videos highlighting important works from 1913 in the Museum’s collection.

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In this series of posts conservators offer tips for artists for dealing with wet artworks in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. All posts are prepared by members of AIC-CERT (American Institute for Conservation – Conservation Emergency Response Team). AIC-CERT responds to the needs of cultural institutions during emergencies and disasters through coordinated efforts with first responders, state agencies, vendors and the public.