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April 24, 2014  |  Artists, Collection & Exhibitions
The Inscrutable Gestures of Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns. Untitled. 2013. Ink on plastic, 27 1/2 × 36" (69.9 × 91.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promised gift from a private collection. © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Jerry Thompson

Jasper Johns. Untitled. 2013. Ink on plastic, 27 1/2 × 36″ (69.9 × 91.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promised gift from a private collection. © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Jerry Thompson

It caught my eye when I read last week that Jasper Johns has created a print on translucent paper for the May issue of Art in America magazine. Apparently, the print will feature several of Johns’s “signature motifs,” but the translucent paper might be considered somewhat of a signature motif in its own way.

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

If you’ve got Irish blood in your veins or you’re simply keen to kick off the week with a pint, you can celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day and take in some modern art at the same time.

July 4, 2012  |  Artists, Collection & Exhibitions
Happy Independence Day from MoMA

Jasper Johns. Flags I. 1973. Screenprint, 27 3/8 x 35 1/4″ (69.5 x 89.5 cm). Publisher: the artist and Simca Print Artists Inc., New York. Printer: Simca Print Artists Inc., New York. Edition: artist’s proof before the edition of 65. Gift of Barbara Bertozzi Castelli, New York, 2011. © 2012 Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York


In celebration of the Fourth of July, here’s an oh-so-appropriate recent acquisition to MoMA’s collection. Jasper Johns’s screenprint Flags I (1973) is currently on view in the exhibition New to the Print Collection: Matisse to Bourgeois</a>,

December 15, 2011  |  Events & Programs, Family & Kids
School Visits Educators on Film

Sometimes, rather than tying everything together, I like to end lessons by exploding everything. I like to leave students craving more answers, more questions.
– Lisa Libicki, School Visits Educator