Hopefully you’ve got plenty of spare time this week because MoMA’s schedule is packed. Here’s your to-do list:
Winter Sleep. 2014. Turkey. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• The intimate yet atmospheric films of Turkish director and photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan are the subject of Filmmaker in Focus: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a weeklong presentation that begins Wednesday, October 29, with his most recent work, Winter Sleep (2014). Ceylan introduces the film, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
• Come to the MoMA Design and Book Store (on the first floor of the Museum) on Wednesday, October 29, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. for a book signing of Circus and Bullfight by Columbian artist and sculptor Fernando Botero.
• On Thursday, October 30, join us for PopRally Presents Hood by Air: Id</a>,</strong> a party performance and interactive multimedia experience that includes a theater, a live stream, and a “humannequin” installation.</p>
• Sketch from Life! On select Tuesdays and Thursdays, including October 30 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., drop by the Henri Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition to participate in free, informal drawing sessions. All materials will be provided.
• MoMA Art Lab: Places and Spaces, our new drop-in space for kids and families, opens on Thursday, October 30, offering hands-on ways for young visitors to explore landscapes, cityscapes, imagined places, and more!
</blockquote>MoMA PS1 Halloween Ball, 2013. © 2014 MoMA PS1
• The third annual MoMA PS1 Halloween Ball, HalloQueens!</a></strong> presented by Susanne Bartsch, is, of course, on Friday, October 31 (from 8:00 p.m. to midnight), with open galleries, DJs, a costume competition, dancing, pageantry, and more. The theme is “Queens,” so dress accordingly! Tickets are on sale now.</p>
• On Saturday, November 1, as part of To Save and Project, MoMA presents the world premiere of Untitled Joseph Cornell Film (The Wool Collage)—a recent discovery in our collection—shown with the Museum’s new restoration of Ken Jacobs’s Perfect Film. Following the screening, Jacobs takes part in a discussion with curator Anne Morra.
• On Sunday, November 2, join assistant curator and author Samantha Friedman for a reading, book signing, and art-making activity to celebrate the publication of MoMA’s new children’s book, Matisse’s Garden.
</blockquote>Lucas Samaras. Auto Polaroid. 1969–71. Eighteen black-and-white instant prints (Polapan), with hand-applied ink, each 3 3/4 x 2 15/16″ (9.5 x 7.4 cm), overall 14 5/8 x 24″ (37.2 x 61 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Robert and Gayle Greenhill. © 2014 Lucas Samaras. On view in A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio
• And don’t miss your last chance to see the exhibitions Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness and A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio, which both close on Sunday, November 2.
