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November 28, 2014  |  MoMA Stores, Tech
The MoMA Stores Celebrate Cyber Week with Tech Design Innovators

To celebrate Cyber Week, the MoMA Stores in New York are hosting in-store tech demos of some of the most exciting and innovative products that we sell.

November 27, 2014  |  Viewpoints
Happy Thanksgiving from MoMA!
Joan Brown. Thanksgiving Turkey. 1959. Oil on canvas, 47 7/8 x 47 7/8" (121.5 x 121.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund

Joan Brown. Thanksgiving Turkey. 1959. Oil on canvas, 47 7/8 x 47 7/8″ (121.5 x 121.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund

From all of us at MoMA, thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm throughout the year. Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2014  |  Film
Going to the Engine: Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer. 2013. South Korea/Czech Republic/USA/France. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Courtesy of Radius TWC

Snowpiercer. 2013. South Korea/Czech Republic/USA/France. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Courtesy of Radius TWC

The first time I remember going to “the Engine,” I was probably six or seven years old and I was taking my little sister with me. We were flying across the country alone, unaccompanied minors in the late 1970s. I remember feeling in charge; I’d been on planes since I was 10 days old.

November 24, 2014  |  This Week at MoMA
This Week at MoMA: November 24–30

If you’re looking for something to do—other than eat turkey!—here are some of the programming highlights at MoMA this holiday week:

November 21, 2014  |  Artists, Collection & Exhibitions
“Dear Mr. Szarkowski”: Postcards from Nicholas Nixon

Celebrating the publication and exhibition on the 40th anniversary of Nicholas Nixon’s The Brown Sisters, the Department of Photography wanted to share from its collection a selection of “postcards” by Nixon that the photographer sent to the department’s former director, John Szarkowski. On the back of each of these photographs, one finds letters written by Nixon to Szarkowski.

November 20, 2014  |  Collection & Exhibitions
Matisse and Gober: Two Chapels

MoMA has been called a temple of modernism, even a sacred destination for art lovers, but that religious language is usually just figurative. With the exhibitions Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs and Robert Gober: The Heart is Not a Metaphor open simultaneously, however, visitors can witness the unlikely confluence of two chapels on 53rd Street (not even counting Saint Thomas, next door).

November 19, 2014  |  Artists, Film
Bill Morrison: Old Films, Contemporary Music, Timeless Themes
The Great Flood. 2013. USA. Directed by Bill Morrison. Courtesy of Bill Morrison

The Great Flood. 2013. USA. Directed by Bill Morrison. Courtesy of Bill Morrison

Music is a central component of the films of Bill Morrison (currently the subject of a mid-career retrospective at MoMA) and his collaborations with contemporary composers reflect his early interest in music as “a soundtrack in [his] life” and are informed by his artistic training as a painter and filmmaker.

November 18, 2014  |  Artists, MoMA Stores
Marina Abramović: The Artist Will Be Present
Marina Abramović's Portrait with Scorpion (Closed Eyes) (2005), shown reproduced on the limited-edition scarf, with signature

Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (Closed Eyes) (2005), shown reproduced on the limited-edition scarf, with signature

On Tuesday, November 25, Marina Abramović will yet again be present at a MoMA-related event, but this time the occasion is an in-store signing at the MoMA Design Store, Soho. The artist has designed a limited-edition silk scarf (shown above) in collaboration with the fashion company Pineda Covalin, and she will be on hand to sign scarves and copies of her 2010 MoMA exhibition catalogue, Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present.

November 17, 2014  |  This Week at MoMA
This Week at MoMA: November 17–23

MoMA’s offerings this week run the gamut from new exhibitions to participatory art making to truly experimental film. Highlights this week include:

November 14, 2014  |  Do You Know Your MoMA?
Do You Know Your MoMA? 11/14/14

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How well do you know your MoMA? If you think you can identify the artist and title of each of these works from MoMA’s collection—all currently on view throughout the Museum—please submit your answers by leaving a comment on this post. We’ll provide the answers next month (on Friday, December 12).