Sarah Michelson

nowhere

Sep 15–Oct 11, 2026

MoMA

Sarah Michelson. nowhere. 2026. Courtesy the artist
  • MoMA, Floor 2, Atrium The Donald and Catherine Marron Family Atrium

What is dance? Across a career spanning 30 years, Sarah Michelson has tirelessly explored this question. Born in Manchester, England, and based in New York, since the 1990s Michelson has created performances that examine the historical, physical, and intellectual nature of dance. Known for her meticulous choreography, Michelson continuously reimagines the boundaries of contemporary performance; her recent work has incorporated painting, video projection, and sound.

“The place where the work will happen is pretty much always my starting point,” says Michelson, who began creating nowhere during a Studio Residency at MoMA in 2024. In this exhibition, she performs alongside a rotating cast of dancers. Treating the Donald and Catherine Marron Family Atrium as her daily workspace, Michelson integrates her dancing, thinking, and being into the life of the Museum.

nowhere is a daily dance. It will be on view in the Marron Family Atrium Saturday through Thursday throughout the course of the exhibition.

Organized by Ana Janevski, Curator, and Martha Joseph, Associate Curator, with Sibia Sarangan, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance. Produced by Kate Scherer, Senior Manager and Producer, with Olivia Rousey, Manager, Performance and Live Art.

nowhere was partially developed in a Studio Residency at The Museum of Modern Art. The artist also wishes to acknowledge residency support from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Danspace Project, Mark Morris Dance Group, Movement Research, New York City Center, and David Zwirner.

Media and Performance at MoMA are presented through a partnership with Richard Mille.

Annual support for programming in The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio is generously provided by the Wallis Annenberg Director’s Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art and by the Sarah Arison Endowment Fund for Performance.

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