Untitled (Nomsa with Africa) I started wearing my hair in an Afro in 1968, at age 14. Though I didn’t know Kwame Brathwaite then, I am sure I was affected by the Black Is Beautiful movement he ...

“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us. This interest can take ...

Two of Mexico’s most beloved icons of 20th-century art, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, portrayed themselves in their work. Kahlo famously created many intimate self-portraits, while Rivera occasionally ...

Volkswagen of America is proud to be MoMA’s lead partner of learning and engagement. Generous support for School and Teacher Programs is provided by the Carroll and Milton Petrie Education Program ...

These works are part of the Museum's Provenance Research Project, which examines the ownership history of objects in our collection.

Of the myriad apparatuses Strickfaden invented and constructed for Frankenstein, his pride and joy was a colossal Tesla coil he called the Megavolt Senior. This machine could spew bolt-like lightning ...

Part 1. Searching for Iemanjá: On the Move If you’re looking for Iemanjá in Salvador, Brazil, you’ll find traces of Her wherever you go. In the touristy Pelourinho neighborhood, Her smiling face ...

In France, the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded in 1648 under the aegis of Louis XIV, began organizing an annual exhibition in 1667. Because the recurring location for this event was ...

An homage in three acts: Louise Lawler shares a postcard, Christopher Williams remembers Baldessari’s studio, and Stephen Prina sings one of the great Conceptualist’s paintings. Christopher Williams, ...

In 1939, at 11 West 53rd Street, a sculpture garden was hastily integrated into plans for the first permanent home of The Museum of Modern Art; it was designed in just a single night by Museum ...

8 Automobiles was in effect a “car-body show” [4] that put issues of functionality, safety, and technical performance to one side. Two design approaches were highlighted—the envelope (epitomized by ...

We hope these will help create even the smallest shift to make things a bit more bearable. It’s okay to feel grief, anger, confusion, and to feel exhausted, unfocused, and unmotivated. Just like this ...