Exhibition history

Richard Schadewell. Frankfurt (“Bauhaus”) telephone. 1929. Manufacturer: H. Fuld & Co. Telefon und Telegraphenwerke AG, Frankfurt. Bakelite, nickel-plated sheet brass and paint, 5 1/8 × 4 5/16 × 6 1/8" (13 × 11 × 15.5 cm). Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder

513: Design for Modern Life

Fall 2019–Summer 2021

MoMA

Collection gallery

Valentina Kulagina (Russian, 1902–1907). Maquette for We Are Building (Stroim). 1929. Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper, sandpaper, gouache, and pencil on paper, 22 5/8 × 14 1/4" (57.5 × 36.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women’s Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest.

Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented

Dec 13, 2020–Apr 10, 2021

MoMA

Frank Lloyd Wright. March Balloons. 1955. Drawing based on a c. 1926 design for Liberty magazine. Colored pencil on paper, 28 1/4 x 24 1/2" (71.8 x 62.2 cm). The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York)

Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive

Jun 12–Oct 1, 2017

MoMA

Aleksandr Rodchenko (Russian, 1891–1956). Pioneer with a Bugle. 1930. Gelatin silver print. 9 1/4 × 7 1/16″ (23.5 × 18 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Rodchenko Family

A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde

Dec 3, 2016–Mar 12, 2017

MoMA

Installation view of the exhibition, Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation. November 20, 2004–December 31, 2005. IN1931.4. Photograph by Thomas Griesel

Painting & Sculpture II

Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015

MoMA

Willi Ruge (German, 1882–1961). Seconds before Landing, from the series I Photograph Myself during a Parachute Jump. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 8 1/16 × 5 9/16″ (20.4 × 14.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther

Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909–1949

Dec 13, 2014–Apr 19, 2015

MoMA

Luba Lukova. There Is No Death for the Songs. 1987. Silkscreen, 25 1/2 × 38″ (64.8 × 96.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the designer, 1998

Designing Modern Women 1890–1990

Oct 5, 2013–Oct 19, 2014

MoMA

Herbert Matter. Engelberg Trübsee, promotional poster for Engelberg, Switzerland. 1936. Two-color gravure, 40″ × 25¼″ (101.6 × 64.1 cm). Gift of the designer. © 2013 Alexander Matter

Hand Signals: Digits, Fists, and Talons

Apr 5–Sep 8, 2013

MoMA

El Lissitzky. Self-Portrait. 1924. Gelatin silver print, 3 × 3 3/8″ (7.6 × 8.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Purchase. © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook

Apr 16, 2012–Apr 21, 2013

MoMA

František Kupka. Localization of Graphic Motifs II. 1912–13. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 76 3/8″ (200 × 194 cm), frame: 78 3/4 × 76 3/8″ (200 × 194 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund and Gift of Jan and Meda Mladek. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925

Dec 23, 2012–Apr 15, 2013

MoMA

Ladislav Sutnar. Prototype for Build the Town Building Blocks. 1940–43. Painted wood, large block: 1 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4″ (4.4 × 7 × 7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Ctislav Sutnar and Radoslav Sutnar

Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012

MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Architecture & Design Rotation 2008

Apr 25, 2008–Apr 13, 2009

MoMA

Installation view of OMA in Beijing. The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar

OMA in Beijing: China Central Television Headquarters by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren

Nov 15, 2006–Mar 26, 2007

MoMA

Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation

Nov 20, 2004–Nov 7, 2005

MoMA

Solomon Telingater. Slovo predostavliaetsia Kirsanovu (Kirsanov Has the ‘Right of Word’) by Semen Kirsanov. Moscow: Gos. izd-vo (State Publishing House), 1930. Edition: 3,000. Letterpress. Page: 7 13/16 × 3 7/16″ (19.9 × 8.8 cm). Wraparound cover. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation

The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910–1934

Mar 28–May 21, 2002

MoMA

Jean (Hans) Arp. Two Heads. 1929. Painted wood relief, 47 1/4 × 39 1/4″ (120 × 99.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2000 ARS, N.Y./VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Making Choices

Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000

MoMA

Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Jul 1, 1993

MoMA

Abstractions

Nov 17, 1988–Mar 26, 1989

MoMA

The Modern Poster

Jun 6–Sep 6, 1988

MoMA

Deconstructivist Architecture

Jun 23–Aug 30, 1988

MoMA

Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

Oct 2, 1985–Jan 7, 1986

MoMA

Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Mar 3–May 15, 1983

MoMA

Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Oct 25, 1980–Jan 27, 1981

MoMA

Four Recently Discovered Picabias and Other Modern Master Acquisitions

Jan 25–Apr 22, 1980

MoMA

Art of the Twenties

Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980

MoMA

Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde, 1912–1930

Oct 12, 1978–Jan 2, 1979

MoMA

The Graphic Revolution: 1915–1935

Aug 5–Oct 31, 1977

MoMA

Posters from the Collection

Mar 26–May 19, 1976

MoMA

Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

Jan 25–Mar 10, 1968

MoMA

The Photographic Poster

Sep 7–Nov 30, 1964

MoMA

Collage

Sep 21–Dec 5, 1948

MoMA

Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibitions: Posters

May 24–Sep 17, 1944

MoMA

Cubism and Abstract Art

Mar 2–Apr 19, 1936

MoMA

Exhibition history

Explore exhibitions from The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, from MoMA’s founding in 1929 to the present. These pages are updated continually.

513: Design for Modern Life

Collection gallery

Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented

Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive

A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde

Painting & Sculpture II

Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909–1949

Designing Modern Women 1890–1990

Hand Signals: Digits, Fists, and Talons

The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook

Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925

Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Architecture & Design Rotation 2008

OMA in Beijing: China Central Television Headquarters by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren

Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation

The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910–1934

Making Choices

Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Abstractions

The Modern Poster

Deconstructivist Architecture

Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Four Recently Discovered Picabias and Other Modern Master Acquisitions

Art of the Twenties

Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde, 1912–1930

The Graphic Revolution: 1915–1935

Posters from the Collection

Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

The Photographic Poster

Collage

Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibitions: Posters

Cubism and Abstract Art

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