Tag Archives: MoMA

Excavation, 1950, from the MoMA exhibition. Credit: ©2011 THE WILLEM DE KOONING FOUNDATION/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, MR. AND MRS. FRANK G. LOGAN PURCHASE PRIZE FUND, RESTRICTED GIFTS OF EDGAR J. KAUFMANN, JR., AND MR. AND MRS. NOAH GOLDOWSKY, JR
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Shaping de Kooning’s Legacy

By Posted 09/08/11

Behind the scenes of the artist’s long-awaited retrospective at MoMA are not only curators but also dealers, lawyers, collectors, and heirs. Read More

Performers wearing costumes crocheted by the artist Olek wordlessly interact with crowds at a mini "Bushwick Art Park" installed on the Bowery as part of the New Museum's Festival of Ideas. MAGGIE LEE
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It’s Not Just a Museum, It’s a Think Tank

By Posted 08/15/11

Art museums are recruiting experts from outside the art world to address problems in the real world. Read More

Untitled, 2009, a haunting work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. COURTESY GREENE NAFTALI GALLERY, NEW YORK
Profiles

A Minimalist Maximalist

By Posted 08/15/11

In large abstract paintings, Jacqueline Humphries puts a contemporary spin on the AbEx and Minimalist tradition. Read More

An Xiao's The Artist Is Kinda Present, 2010, a performance in which the artist had conversations with gallerygoers over Twitter. JOANIE SAN CHIRICO
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The Social Revolution

By Posted 06/01/11

Today’s Facebook comments are tomorrow’s artworks as artists harness social technology to comment on how our new connectivity is changing our culture. Read More

Franz Erhard Walther's Sehkanal, 1968. Museumgoers activate Walther's fabric "instruments" through physical interaction. PAULA COURT/COURTESY DIA ART FOUNDATION, NEW YORK
Reviews

Unfinished Werk

By Posted 06/01/11

Franz Erhard Walther’s sculptures are perpetual works in progress. Read More

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Looking at Art

Where Arte Povera Meets Tarzan

By Posted 03/01/11

The jungle connection animates Pino Pascali's steel-wool bridge and chimpanzee imagery. Read More

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A Satirist with a Loaded Brush

By Posted 12/01/10

Art styles came and went, but painterly leftist Jack Levine had the last laugh . Read More

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Where It’s @

By Posted 07/01/10

MoMA acquires a typographic symbol—but what does it mean? Read More

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‘Moment’ Not So Magic

By Posted 04/01/10

Peter Galassi, curator of MoMA's Cartier-Bresson retrospective, wants viewers to stop talking and start looking. Read More

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A Gothic Pop Surrealist

By Posted 11/01/09

An upcoming retrospective at MoMA highlights filmmaker Tim Burton's private artwork—and his humorous side. Read More

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Features

Seeing Red at MoMA

By Posted 05/01/07

How a furor over Communist content almost put an end to Lincoln Kirstein’s first show at the new Museum of Modern Art in 1932. Read More

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Making Art Speak

By Posted 02/01/05

Three museum directors discuss the challenges, thrills, frustrations, and future of their profession. Three museum directors discuss the challenges, thrills, frustrations, and future of their profession Read More