After taking a moment to commemorate Memorial Day and share programing highlights, we’re signing off from regular blog posts until next week. See you in June!
Installation view of Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, November 22, 2014–May 25, 2015. © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Thomas Griesel
• Today’s the last day to see Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, an exhibition that explores architectural proposals for making six global metropolises—Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos, Mumbai, New York, and Rio de Janeiro—more livable.
• Weeklong runs of Welcome to This House, a Film on Elizabeth Bishop, Barbara Hammer’s portrait of Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet Elizabeth Bishop; and Guidelines, the second in a series of five documentaries by Jean-Francois Caissy exploring distinct stages of life, open in the theaters on Tuesday.
• On Friday, drop by MoMA Art Lab: Places and Spaces at 11:00 a.m. for Story Time, an interactive program for ages two and up.
French four-panel poster for The Lost Squadron, directed by George Archainbaud, 1932. Poster design by René Péron. Courtesy Sikelia Productions
• Celebrating the graphic side of film is Scorsese Collects, an exhibition of 34 works from director Martin Scorsese’s poster collection—including large-format pieces for The Red Shoes, The Earrings of Madame de…, and Scarface—which opens on Saturday.
• And if an art-filled summer is your idea of paradise, check out the latest MoMA Courses offerings, focusing on the Sculpture Garden, Yoko Ono, Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series, and other current exhibitions. These three- and four-session classes fill up quickly, so register today!
