Fall events and exhibitions are in full swing at MoMA. Here are some highlights you don’t want to miss:
MoMA Studio: Beyond the Cut-Out participating artist Carlos Amorales in the studio, 2014. Courtesy of the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico.
• Today, October 20, we present a Modern Mondays evening with Bill Morrison, focusing on his use of archival and found footage. This event is held in conjunction with the artist’s current film retrospective, Bill Morrison: Compositions, and gallery installation, Bill Morrison: Re-Compositions. Visit MoMA.org for even more Bill Morrison events this week.
• Take The Mondrian Challenge—join a free Gallery Sessions tour on Tuesday, October 21, where you can take the same elements that Mondrian used to make his paintings and try your hand at organizing them in your own compositions.
• On Thursday, October 23, our latest interactive studio, MoMA Studio: Beyond the Cut Out, opens. This creative and social space lets visitors experiment with Matisse’s playful cut-paper techniques through artist-led workshops, talks, art-making activities, and a variety of drop-in programs.
Production still from Bert Williams Lime Kiln Field Day Project. On view in 100 Years in Post-Production: Resurrecting a Lost Landmark of Black Film History
• The exhibition 100 Years in Post-Production: Resurrecting a Lost Landmark of Black Film History opens on Friday, October 24, with clips from 101-year-old film footage of the earliest known surviving feature film with a cast of black actors—which was discovered in MoMA’s Biograph Studio collection—along with research findings, archival materials, and film stills.
• Also on Friday, October 24, the Department of Film kicks off its annual film preservation festival, To Save and Project, with the North American premiere of a new MoMA restoration: Allan Dwan’s 1929 masterpiece The Iron Mask, including the entire original Vitaphone soundtrack, which will be heard here for the first time since the film’s original roadshow presentation.
Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. 1921. Oil on canvas, 6′ 7″ x 7′ 3 3/4″ (200.7 x 222.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
• Happy Birthday Pablo Picasso! Join us on Saturday, October 25, for an after-hours toast and tour to celebrate the beloved artist’s birthday. Space is limited, so buy your tickets today.
• On Sunday, October 26, head to Long Island City for the MoMA PS1 Fall Open House, celebrating new fall exhibitions and featuring Art Party by Bob and Roberta Smith, at which children will be encouraged to make art with their families using materials available at the event.
