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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.

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Masters of Popular Painting: Modern Primitives of Europe and America

    Apr 27–Jul 24, 1938

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition: Painting, Sculpture, Prints

    May 10–Sep 30, 1939

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Modern Primitives: Artists of the People

    Oct 21, 1941–Apr 30, 1944

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

    Jun 20, 1945–Feb 13, 1946

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

    Jun 23–Oct 4, 1953

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

    Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    The Artist as Adversary

    Jul 1–Sep 27, 1971

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  • Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

    Jan 7–Feb 22, 1972

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  • 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

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  • Hector Hyppolite. The Congo Queen. By 1946. Enamel, oil, and pencil on cardboard, 20 × 27 5/8" (50.9 × 70.1 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

    521: Masters of Popular Painting

    Oct 21, 2019–Jul 23, 2023

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