MoMA
WEBMoMA is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. Its extraordinary exhibitions and collection of modern and contemporary art are dedicated to helping you understand and enjoy the art of our time. Caption: The Museum of Modern Art Renovation and Expansion Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with …
Visitor guide - MoMA
WEBRemember to look, not touch. changing stations are located on every floor. All-gender restrooms are located on Floors 1, 3W, 5, and T1. MoMA is wheelchair accessible. Ask us to borrow a wheelchair. Baby strollers are welcome. Please note, they are not permitted on escalators. to enhance your visit.
Frida Kahlo - MoMA
WEBWikipedia entry. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to ...
Andy Warhol - MoMA
WEBTwo exhibitions in 1962 announced Andy Warhol’s dramatic entry into the art world. In July, at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, he exhibited his now-iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans.The work’s 32 canvases, each one featuring a different variety of the company’s 32 soups, were lined up in a single row on a ledge that wrapped around the gallery.. “Cans sit on …
Salvador Dalí - MoMA
WEBSalvador Dalí. The artist, author, critic, impresario, and provocateur Salvador Dalí burst onto the art scene in 1929 and rarely left the public eye until his death six decades later. The auspicious occasion was the debut in Paris of Un Chien Andalou, a film Dalí made in collaboration with Luis Buñuel. Filmed in Paris, Un Chien Andalou ...
Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931 - MoMA
WEBThis work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.. 1931, Salvador Dalí, Paris. 1931 - ?, Galerie Pierre Colle, Paris, acquired from the artist. By 1934, Gallery Julien Levy, New York, purchased from Pierre Colle. 1934, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from Julien …
Claude Monet - MoMA
WEBIn 1914, Claude Monet began again. The French artist, whose brightly colored and sketchily rendered landscapes galvanized the Impressionists in the 1870s, had painted infrequently since the death of his wife, Alice Hoschedé Monet, in 1911. But following several years of mourning, he embarked on a new project that would occupy him until his death in 1926: …
Vincent van Gogh - MoMA
WEBFor Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), the answer was clear: color. “What I’m most passionate about, much much more than all the rest in my profession,” he enthused to his sister, Willemien, “is the portrait, the modern portrait. I seek it by way of color.” 1 With its vivid palette, spirited handling, and exuberant background, Portrait ...
Jackson Pollock - MoMA
WEBJackson Pollock. In 1947 Jackson Pollock arrived at a new mode of working that brought him international fame. His method consisted of flinging and dripping thinned enamel paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor of his studio. This direct, physical engagement with his materials welcomed gravity, velocity, and improvisation into the ...
Pablo Picasso - MoMA
WEBPablo Picasso. “Variation does not mean evolution,” Pablo Picasso said in 1923. 1 “If an artist varies his mode of expression this only means that he has changed his manner of thinking, and in changing, it may be for the better or it may be for the worse.” 2 With these words, Picasso shed light on two central principles of his artistic ...