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June 17, 2013

Café as Learning Format, Part I

Posted by Caroline Woolard

When I was asked to propose a new learning format to MoMA, I suggested a café because I wanted to create a social space where meaning is made in dialogue, where objects can be touched, [...]

June 17, 2013

“We Are the Museum”: From the Kochi-Muziris Biennale to Mumbai

Posted by Debra Lennard

Having never visited a biennial—a fancy name for a recurring exhibition that explores the state of contemporary art—I had always been curious about this art-world phenomenon that has populated almost every nook and cranny of [...]

June 13, 2013

The Hungarian Avant-Garde, 1921–25

Posted by Katherine Alcauskas

On any given day, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Print Room may be full of studio art students viewing contemporary screenprints, art history students researching works for their term papers, or curators from other institutions planning [...]

June 12, 2013

Ell Shapes for Ellsworth Kelly

Posted by Hannah Kim, Tauni Malmgren

The iconic American artist Ellsworth Kelly celebrated his 90 birthday on May 31, and in his honor, MoMA has reunited the 14 ell-shaped paintings of his seminal Chatham Series for the first time since they [...]

June 11, 2013

Jacques Rivette’s Paris Belongs to Us

Posted by Charles Silver

These notes accompany screenings of Jacques Rivette’s Paris Belongs to Us on June 12, 13, and 14 in Theater 3. Jacques Rivette, who recently celebrated his 85th birthday—and is still active—seems to me to be [...]

June 7, 2013

Do You Know Your MoMA? 6/7/13

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 and Contemporary galleries—please submit your [...]

MoMA Celebrates 1913: Léon Bakst’s Costume design for the ballet The Firebird

Posted by "1913 Centennial" Curatorial Team

MoMA’s celebration of the landmark year 1913 continues with the 11th in a series of videos highlighting important works from 1913 in the Museum’s collection.

June 4, 2013

Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows

Posted by Charles Silver

These notes accompany screenings of Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows on June 5, 6, and 7 in Theater 3. In the interest of full disclosure, let me make it clear at the outset that of [...]

June 3, 2013

Guns and Design

Posted by Barbara Eldredge

If you visit Claes Oldenburg’s Ray Gun Wing, currently on display in MoMA’s Marron Atrium, you can see his collection of toy guns, metal gun-like constructions, and gun-evoking pieces of detritus, all arrayed like exotic [...]

May 31, 2013

Five for Friday: Gimme Five!

Posted by Juliet Kinchin, Luke Baker

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. We had a lot of [...]

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1913 Centennial Celebration

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

June 5, 2013
MoMA Celebrates 1913: Léon Bakst's Costume design for the ballet The Firebird
May 6, 2013
MoMA Celebrates 1913: Pablo Picasso's Glass, Guitar, and Bottle

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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath - Tips for Artists

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.