Magazine

More Spirit Less Taste: Robert Frank’s Social Networks

In this excerpt from the Life Dances On exhibition catalogue, the collage 10th Street Painters embodies the network of artists in Frank’s orbit.

The Discovery of René Magritte’s The Enchanted Pose

In preparation for a 2013 Magritte exhibition, MoMA conservators discovered one part of a painting once thought lost. Now, all four sections of the repurposed canvas have been identified under other works.

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Conor Stechschulte’s Talk Button

In this speculative story, works from MoMA’s collection are reimagined for a futuristic world.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Lucie Cousturier’s Reclining Woman

As we reassess women’s contributions to modern art's history, an ambitious painter, patron, and activist comes out of the Neo-Impressionist shadows.

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Richard Short’s The Modern Child

The cartoonist explores the ways design creates protected spaces for children.

What Frank Lloyd Wright Got Wrong about the Country

From Thomas Jefferson to “organic capitalism,” explore the architect’s idea of utopian space.

Sturtevant at 100: It Can Take a Long Time to Understand What Is Seen

How do you mark the centenary of a trailblazing artist whose work avoids encapsulation?

Star Man: Vincent van Gogh’s Illuminated Nights

The author explores Van Gogh’s fascination with different kinds of illumination, from stars to newly invented gaslight.

Playlist

MoMA Mixtape: Caroline Schiff Makes a Confection of Music, Art, and Food

The renowned New York pastry chef “takes the A-train” to Broadway Boogie Woogie while eating a black-and-white cookie.

Tribute

Belonging on Earth: June Leaf in Memoriam

Over seven decades and across mediums, Leaf crafted a visionary world to explore the human condition.

A Seasoned Eye: Alex Katz Explains His Idea of Painting Eternity

The artist talks about Claude Monet, the muscle memory of painting, and why he’s packing a tube of orange paint for his summer in Maine.

Distilling Martha Graham’s Dance in Photographs

A remarkable book explores the collaboration between the modern dance innovator and the photographer Barbara Morgan.