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.
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Three Centuries of American Art
May 24–Jul 31, 1938
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Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition: Painting, Sculpture, Prints
May 10–Sep 30, 1939
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Four American Traveling Exhibitions
Apr 3–28, 1940
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Twentieth Century Portraits
Dec 9, 1942–Jan 24, 1943
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Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
Feb 10–Mar 21, 1943
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Modern Drawings
Feb 16–May 10, 1944
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Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibitions: Dance and Theatre Design
May 24–Sep 17, 1944
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American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Dec 23, 1948–Mar 13, 1949
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American Prints of the 20th Century
Sep 8–Nov 28, 1954
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American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection
Apr 2–May 31, 1959
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Portraits from the Museum Collection
May 4–Sep 18, 1960
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Manhattan Observed
Mar 22–Jul 1, 1968
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American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection
Dec 24, 1969–Mar 1, 1970
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Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection
Nov 19, 1973–Jan 13, 1974
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American Prints: 1913–1963
Dec 3, 1974–Mar 3, 1975
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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Apr 28–Jul 4, 1978
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Words and Pictures
Aug 20–Oct 6, 1981
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American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Dec 18, 1985–May 20, 1986
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Painters for the Theater
Jul 14–Nov 1, 1989
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Sight Gags: Grotesque, Caricature and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawings
Jan 21–May 5, 1999
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Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part Two
May 10–Oct 2, 2006
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Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities
Jul 30–Nov 10, 2008
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Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
Mar 11–Sep 7, 2009
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Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983
Oct 19, 2011–Feb 12, 2012
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