Exhibition history

Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair. 1940. Oil on canvas, 15 3/4 × 11" (40 × 27.9 cm). Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

517: Surrealist Objects

Ongoing

MoMA

Collection gallery

Francis Picabia. Aello. 1930. Oil on canvas, 66 9/16 × 66 9/16″ (169 × 169 cm). Private collection

Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction

Nov 21, 2016–Mar 19, 2017

MoMA

Francis Picabia. Tableau Rastadada. 1920. Cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper with ink, 7 1⁄2 × 6 3⁄4″ (19 × 17.1 cm). Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange), 2014. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Dadaglobe Reconstructed

Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016

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

René Magritte. The Menaced Assassin. Brussels, 1927. Oil on canvas, 59 1/4″ × 6′ 4 7/8″ (150.4 × 195.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Kay Sage Tanguy Fund. © 2013 Charly Herscovici, Brussels/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938

Sep 28, 2013–Jan 12, 2014

MoMA

Ralph Schraivogel. Archigram 1961–74 (Museum für Gestaltung). 1995. Silkscreen, 50⅜ × 35⅝″ (128 × 90.5 cm). Gift of the designer

Cut ’n’ Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City

Jul 10, 2013–Jan 5, 2014

MoMA

Steve Gianakos. She Could Hardly Wait. 1996. Oil and ink on cut-and-pasted printed paper, 27 x 27 1/2" (68.6 x 69.9 cm). The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift. © 2012 Steve Gianakos

Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration

Mar 14–Jul 9, 2012

MoMA

Georges-Pierre Seurat. Stone Breaker, Le Raincy. c. 1879–81. Conté crayon and graphite on paper, 12 1/8 × 14 3/4″ (30.8 × 37.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Lillie P. Bliss Collection

Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983

Oct 19, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

MoMA

Mark Rothko. Archaic Idol. 1945. Ink and gouache on paper, 21 7/8 × 30″ (55.6 × 76.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection, 1978. © 2000 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times

Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010

MoMA

Joan Miró. Drawing-Collage. 1936. Crayon and decals on paper, 25 1/4 × 17 1/8″ (64 × 43.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller. © 2006 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part Two

May 10–Oct 2, 2006

MoMA

Dada

Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006

MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945

Nov 20, 2004–Mar 7, 2005

MoMA

Sight Gags: Grotesque, Caricature and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawings

Jan 21–May 5, 1999

MoMA

Drawing on Chance: Selections from the Collection

Oct 12, 1995–Jan 23, 1996

MoMA

Henri Matisse. Portrait of Mme Manguin. 1905–06. Ink and gouache on paper, 24 1/2 × 18 1/2″ (62.2 × 47 cm). Purchase. © 2016 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Modern Drawing: A Selection from the Collection, 1884–1961

Oct 23, 1993–Feb 15, 1994

MoMA

Barbara Kruger. Untitled (Printed Matter Matters). (1989). Photolithograph, offset printed and engraved typography, plate 23 5/16 × 21 1/4″ (59.2 × 54 cm), sheet 25 × 23″ (63 × 58.5 cm). Riva Castleman Fund. © 2017 Barbara Kruger

Reading Prints

Mar 4–Jul 6, 1993

MoMA

The Surrealist Drawing: A Selection from the Collection

Apr 18–Sep 3, 1991

MoMA

Pablo Picasso. The Charnel House. Paris, 1944–45. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 6′ 6 5/8″ × 8′ 2 1/2″ (199.8 × 250.1 cm). Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn Bequest (by exchange), and Mrs. Marya Bernard Fund in memory of her husband Dr. Bernard Bernard, and anonymous funds. © 2016 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Art of the Forties

Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991

MoMA

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Nov 3, 1988–Feb 28, 1989

MoMA

European Drawing Between the Wars

Oct 24, 1987–Mar 1, 1988

MoMA

Words and Pictures

Aug 20–Oct 6, 1981

MoMA

American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection

Dec 24, 1969–Mar 1, 1970

MoMA

Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage

Mar 27–Jun 9, 1968

MoMA

Recent Acquisitions: Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest

Sep 17–Dec 14, 1965

MoMA

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Feb 16–Apr 25, 1965

MoMA

The Art of Assemblage

Oct 4–Nov 12, 1961

MoMA

Collage

Sep 21–Dec 5, 1948

MoMA

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Dec 9, 1936–Jan 17, 1937

MoMA

Exhibition history

Exhibitions from our founding in 1929 to the present are available online. These pages are updated continually.

517: Surrealist Objects

Collection gallery

Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction

Dadaglobe Reconstructed

Painting & Sculpture II

Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938

Cut ’n’ Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City

Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration

Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983

The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times

Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part Two

Dada

Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945

Sight Gags: Grotesque, Caricature and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawings

Drawing on Chance: Selections from the Collection

Modern Drawing: A Selection from the Collection, 1884–1961

Reading Prints

The Surrealist Drawing: A Selection from the Collection

Art of the Forties

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

European Drawing Between the Wars

Words and Pictures

American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection

Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage

Recent Acquisitions: Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

The Art of Assemblage

Collage

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

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