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Passionate perspectives on art, artists, and ideas that shape culture today
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Framing Reproductive (In)Justice: A Picture Perfect Gruesome Negress Hurt-story
Inspired by works from the collection, author K. Melchor Quick Hall pens a poem about Black motherhood.
K. Melchor Hall
Oct 2, 2020
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Fighting for Equality Amid War
LGBTQ+ activists discuss the risks and challenges facing Ukraine’s queer population.
Yuriy Dvizhon, Olena Shevchenko, Alex Halberstadt
Jun 23, 2022
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Magazine Podcast
David Wojnarowicz and the Power of Connection
Author Olivia Laing speaks about the visionary artist’s mission to assuage isolation and shame through his work.
Alex Halberstadt
Jun 8, 2022
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Magazine Podcast
Ten Minutes with Adam F. Bradley: On Invisible Man
It’s been 70 years since the publication of Ralph Ellison’s iconic novel. Hear how it continues to resonate today from a writer who studies the author’s most private documents.
Adam F. Bradley
Jun 24, 2022
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New to MoMA
Archibald Motley’s Tongues (Holy Rollers)
Two members of the American artist’s family discuss his legacy and his exuberant painting, newly on view at MoMA.
Beverly Adams
Jun 1, 2022
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Built Ecologies
Designing for Other Species
Our Built Ecologies video series continues with Joyce Hwang, an architect who is building for bats and birds as much as humans.
Dewi Tan
Jun 27, 2022
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Sky Hopinka: Film Is the Body
The artist reflects on how intergenerational suffering becomes a transgenerational reckoning, and how art can be a bridge.
Sky Hopinka
Jun 10, 2022
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The Biography of a Painting: Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio
Watch a video about a painting ahead of its time—and learn how the public finally caught up.
May 2, 2022
In case you missed it
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Magazine Podcast
Ten Minutes with K. Melchor Hall: On Black Motherhood
Listen to the acclaimed writer talk about Elizabeth Catlett’s sculpture Mother and Child, and its connections to rest, intimacy, and reproductive justice.
K. Melchor Hall
May 4, 2022
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The Traveling Word: Cecilia Vicuña on AMAzone Palabrarmas
Discover how words and images came alive for the artist, and joined together in one explosive dance.
Cecilia Vicuña
May 10, 2022
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Conservation Stories
Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio
Watch the latest episode of our video series, in which new, surprising discoveries emerge about how Matisse made his iconic painting.
Sarah Cowan
Apr 27, 2022
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Drawn to MoMA
John Vasquez Mejias’s Bouabré or Somebody
In a series of woodcuts, Mejias wonders what inspired Frédéric Bruly Bouabré to attempt to document a culture.
John Vasquez Mejias
Apr 12, 2022
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