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September 14, 2015  |  This Week at MoMA
This Week at MoMA: September 14–20
Picasso. Head of a Woman. Boisgeloup, 1932. Plaster. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Jacqueline Picasso in honor of the Museum's continuous commitment to Pablo Picasso's art. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Picasso. Head of a Woman. Boisgeloup, 1932. Plaster. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Jacqueline Picasso in honor of the Museum’s continuous commitment to Pablo Picasso’s art. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Really big things are happening at MoMA this season—here’s what’s going on this week:

Picasso Sculpture—our epic survey of Picasso’s work in three dimensions opens to the public today. See the exhibition critics are calling a “once-in-a-lifetime event.”

Juan Downey. Video Trans Americas. 1973–76. Fourteen-channel video (black and white, sound; duration variable) and vinyl map. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of the Latin American and Caribbean Fund and Baryn Futa in honor of Barbara London. © 2015 Estate of Juan Downey & Marilys B. Downey.  Installation view, Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 5, 2015–January 3, 2016. Photo: Thomas Griesel

Juan Downey. Video Trans Americas. 1973–76. Fourteen-channel video (black and white, sound; duration variable) and vinyl map. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of the Latin American and Caribbean Fund and Baryn Futa in honor of Barbara London. © 2015 Estate of Juan Downey & Marilys B. Downey. Installation view, Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 5, 2015–January 3, 2016. Photo: Thomas Griesel

• Join a free Gallery Sessions tour—Partners in Dissent: Artists from Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980—on Tuesday of the new exhibition Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980 and explore how Latin American and Eastern European artists connected during the Cold War to create countercultural movements.

• Questions about Cubism? Musing about modernism? Follow MoMA on Twitter @MuseumModernArt, and participate in #AskACurator day on Wednesday.

• A weeklong run of Britni West’s directorial debut, Tired Moonlight, which won the Jury Award for Narrative Feature at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival, opens on Thursday, and is followed by a Q&A with the director.

Amy Burek, Awkward Ladies Club

Amy Burek, Awkward Ladies Club at the New York Art Book Fair, 2014. Photo: Gretchen Scott

• Book lovers and art aficionados alike won’t want to miss Printed Matter’s 10th Annual NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, which runs from Friday to Sunday, with an opening night preview on Thursday. Free and open to the public, the NY Art Book Fair is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines.