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Drawn to MoMA

Kayla E.’s The Knot Is Not

The artist asks what we give up when we make art.

Tribute

Remembering Melvin Edwards (1937–2026)

We pay tribute to a sculptor who turned iron, chains, and wire into powerful monuments.

Tarsem Is Terrified of So-So

The maverick visual stylist, subject of a new MoMA film retrospective, tells us why big swings are always better than boring.

Duchamp and the Museum

In this excerpt from the Marcel Duchamp exhibition catalogue, read about the artist’s attempts to radically reshape the concept of an art institution.

Eight Days, 27 Guests: Sophie Calle’s The Sleepers

Discover one of Calle’s earliest photographic projects.

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Horsepower: Diego Rivera’s Designs for a Pan-American Ballet

The celebrated Mexican muralist turned his activist art to the stage for a ballet-symphony that was only performed once.

One on One: Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair

Kahlo may be the ultimate artist of self-­expression—and self-construction.

Spirals of History: Unraveling Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa’s Place of Solace

The Guatemalan artist talks about how performance, politics, and works on paper converge in his theatrical vision.

Taking the Elevator Down into Time with Peggy Weil

In an age of AI, an artist considers what constitutes a human, and what constitutes a landscape.

Frida and Diego Across Stage and Museum

How did a set designer for an opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera translate his vision for MoMA’s galleries?

Jell-O, Atomic Bombs, and the Curve: Fred Eversley’s Parabolic Lens

Is the iridescent sculpture in Arthur Jafa’s Artist’s Choice exhibition really a machine?

Down to Earth: Making Space for More Than Humans

Meet architects and artists who are building for—and with—other species.