Magazine

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.

The 24/7 Museum Microclimate

How do we keep the temperature and humidity levels safe for MoMA’s collection—but still environmentally sustainable?

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?

Playlist

MoMA Mixtape: Somi Shows Us What Liberation Sounds Like

The jazz musician walks us through Ideas of Africa, where the party is political.

Down to Earth: Making Space for More Than Humans

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

Simone White’s “City of”

The acclaimed poet meditates on the paradoxes of city life.

Drawn to MoMA

Leo Fox’s “What Kind of Man Am I?”

A young artist reflects on another who made art in the midst of chaos.