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August 5, 2011  |  Do You Know Your MoMA?
Do You Know Your MoMA? 8/5/11

How well do you know your MoMA? If you think you can identify the artist and title of each of these works—all currently on view in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden and the Painting and Sculpture galleries—please submit your answers by leaving a comment on this post. We’ll provide the answers—along with some information about each work—in one month (on Friday, September 2).

Foreclosed: Visualizing the Invisible

The five multidisciplinary teams working on projects for the exhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream have six weeks left in the workshop phase. Here, they talk about how to visually communicate some of the less tangible elements of their proposals and the blurred lines between private and public process.

Impressions from South Africa: A Conversation with Justice Albie Sachs

Recently I had the honor of meeting Justice Albie Sachs, one of the first judges appointed to South Africa’s new Constitutional Court by Nelson Mandela in 1994, and taking him through the exhibition Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now at MoMA.

August 2, 2011  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Jean Renoir’s The Southerner

The Southerner

The Southerner. 1945. USA. Directed by Jean Renoir

These notes accompany the screenings of Jean Renoir’s </i>The Southerner</a> on August 3, 4, and 5 in Theater 3.</p>

Jean Renoir (1894–1979) made six films during his American exile—all of them worthy projects—but the consensus is that The Southerner is the best.

August 1, 2011  |  Film
Hot and Humid: Some Thoughts, and a Few Questions, about Summer Films
Jaws

Jaws. 1975. USA. Directed by Steven Spielberg. On view in Hot and Humid: Summer films from the Archives

In 2008 the Department of Film “celebrated” summer with a short series of films from MoMA’s collection set during the season in which everyone relaxes in the sun, and most people end up being caught off-guard.

July 29, 2011  |  I Went to MoMA and
“I Went to MoMA and…”: So…Much…Art…

Many people respond to our “I went to MoMA and…” prompt with words, whether they’re deep thoughts about the meaning of life or stories about time spent with family. But it’s only fitting that at an art museum, visitors would also react with images!

Foreclosed: Constructing an Exhibition Narrative

The five multidisciplinary teams working on projects for the exhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream passed the halfway mark of the workshop phase last week. Here they talk about the varied resources they are using to help make decisions on model scales and project narratives as they choose what to include in the exhibition.

July 26, 2011  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Vincente Minnelli’s Meet Me in St. Louis
July 25, 2011  |  Events & Programs, Family & Kids
Mark Gonzales + MoMA Teens!
Mark Gonzales

Artist Mark Gonzales rides his Circle Board during an In the Making teen workshop

One of the best and most influential street skaters of all time, and one of the first professional skaters to make the transition to professional artist, Mark Gonzales has long been respected as a singular talent across multiple fields. The teens in this summer’s Shred, Thrash, Carve: The Visual Language of Skateboard Culture were given the chance to meet, work, and skate with him last week when he dropped into our Education and Research Building with his amazing Circle Board.

Spotlight: Norman Catherine in Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now

I was born in 1949 in the small coastal town of East London in South Africa. Other than two years of formal art training at high school, I am for the most part self-taught. I live at the Hartbeespoort Dam, which is about one hour’s drive northwest of Johannesburg. During the 1980s I spent time in Los Angeles and New York, and I held an exhibition at Area-X gallery in the East Village in 1986. Besides printmaking I also work in various other media, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, and bronze.