Magazine

The Story Doesn’t Have to End

Incarcerated artist Keith LaMar reflects on an iconic painting by Faith Ringgold.

One on One: Pablo Picasso’s Boy Leading a Horse

Where are this inscrutable boy and his equine companion headed?

Radical Vision: Ljerka Šibenik’s Black Ambience 1

The iconoclastic artist reflects on Zagreb’s art scene and the making of her immersive work.

Art and the Senses

Touch: Yoko Ono’s Painting to Be Stepped On

What does it mean to touch a work of art?

How to See

How to See Ruth Asawa

Get to know a prolific artist who made no distinction between living and making art.

The Possible You Don’t See Yet: Samora Pinderhughes and Carrie Mae Weems in Conversation

Two artist friends discuss collaborating across media, the music they wake up to, and always following Toni Morrison’s advice.

Playlist

MoMA Mixtape: Chloe Crane-Leroux Melds Enya and Van Gogh

The cookbook author reveals how unexpected pairings in art inspire her.

One Man’s Treasure: Sorting Through Russ Meyer’s Film Archive

Film archivists visited the former home of the “King of the Nudies” to help preserve a controversial cinematic legacy.

A Photograph Is So Much More: Inside the Photo-Secessionist Gallery

A curator and a conservator sit down to talk about a movement that forever changed photography.

Language as a Living System: Sasha Stiles on Co-Authoring with Machines

What happens when a poet builds a poem with a life of its own?

A Curator’s Guide to Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Take a close look at the five monumental works in this exhibition, with its curator as your guide.

Drawn to MoMA

Lynda Barry’s “What’s in a Museum?”

The renowned cartoonist and educator shares a childhood memory.