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February 9, 2015  |  This Week at MoMA
This Week at MoMA: February 9–15

Posted by Carolyn Kelly, Coordinating Editor, Marketing and Communications

Henri Matisse. The Heart (Le Coeur) from Jazz. 1947. One from a portfolio of 20 pochoirs, composition (irreg.): 14 13⁄16 × 24" (37.7 × 61 cm); sheet: 16 9⁄16 × 25 11⁄16" (42.1 × 65.3 cm). Gift of the artist. © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Henri Matisse. The Heart (Le Coeur) from Jazz. 1947. One from a portfolio of 20 pochoirs, composition (irreg.): 14 13⁄16 × 24″ (37.7 × 61 cm); sheet: 16 9⁄16 × 25 11⁄16″ (42.1 × 65.3 cm).
Gift of the artist. © 2015 Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Matisse’s studio is red, van Gogh’s sky is blue, if you love modern art, then this week is for you:

• Tonight join us for a Modern Mondays evening with Women’s Film Preservation Fund cofounder Barbara Moss, held in conjunction with a Carte Blanche film program celebrating the WFPF’s 20th anniversary. Following a screening of A Crime to Fit the Punishment, which Moss codirected with Stephan Mack, she will join curator Anne Mora in a discussion of the unique characteristics of the WFPF, and her own work as a filmmaker.

• Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs closes on Tuesday. Don’t miss your last chance to see this acclaimed exhibition of Matisse’s innovative and uplifting cut-outs.

Sketching from Life drawing sessions at MoMA inspired by The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters. Photo: Manuel Molina Martagon. © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Sketching from Life drawing sessions at MoMA inspired by The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters. Photo: Manuel Molina Martagon. © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

• Also on Tuesday, drop by the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition for a free, informal drawing session in the galleries or with a live model, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

• On Friday, MoMA’s annual festival of recent documentary film, Documentary Fortnight, kicks off with the New York premiere of MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson’s The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Nelson and participants in the film.

• Share a special visit to MoMA with a Valentine Tour on Saturday or Sunday, featuring an after-hours reception and private group tour focusing on romantic works in MoMA’s collection. Space is limited, so get your tickets today.

Nervous System (est. 2007), Jessica Rosenkrantz (American, born 1983), Jesse Louis-Rosenberg (American, born 1986). Kinematics Dress. 2013. Laser-sintered nylon. Image courtesy of Steve Marsel. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Committee on Architecture and Design Funds

Nervous System (est. 2007), Jessica Rosenkrantz (American, born 1983), Jesse Louis-Rosenberg (American, born 1986). Kinematics Dress. 2013. Laser-sintered nylon. Image courtesy of Steve Marsel. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Committee on Architecture and Design Funds

• The latest exhibition of cutting-edge design, This Is for Everyone: Design Experiments for the Common Good, opens on Saturday, featuring a 3-D printed dress, the first icon designs for the Apple computer, cells on microchips that replicate human organs, and so much more.

• For Sunday Sessions at MoMA PS1, musician and multimedia artist EMA (Erika Anderson) presents I Wanna Destroy,</a> a 3-D environment where visitor’s experiences are projected before the entire audience, featuring a live score that melds semi-acoustic instruments and lyrical content into a digital world.</p>

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