November 26, 2014, 11:30 a.m. — Read Your Futurist Manifesto
Futurist artists often performed in public using their paintings and sculptures as theatrical backdrops. During this session, select a passage from numerous Futurist manifestos, then read it aloud in front …
November 28, 2014, 4:00 p.m. — Khabarda aka Forward! Get Out of the Way! (1931)
Khabarda aka Forward! Get Out of the Way! 1931. USSR. Directed and cowritten by Mikheil Chiaureli. With Sergo Zavriev, P. Chkonia, Siko Vachnadze. A painter, political cartoonist, sculptor, and theater …
November 25, 2014, 7:30 p.m. — Foxcatcher (2014)
Foxcatcher 2014. USA. Directed by Bennett Miller. Winner of the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball) once again coaxes brilliantly subtle, complex performances out …
A Knight at the Opera: John Boorman’s Excalibur
Excalibur. 1981. Great Britain. Directed by John Boorman. © Orion Pictures. Courtesy Orion/Photofest On Saturday, November 15, as part of Monday, November 17. Excalibur is the first R-rated movie I …
November 28, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — The Color of Our World
According to Henri Matisse, “Modern Art is joy spread through Color.” Color, and its radical use, was fundamental to the artist’s practice. Come experience and understand Matisse’s employment of color, …
November 25, 2014, 7:00 p.m. — Three Lives: Parts 1 & 2 (1924)
Three Lives: Parts 1 2 1924. USSR. Directed by Ivan Perestiani. With Mikheil Gelovani, Dimitri Kipiani, Nato Vachnadze. Very different in tone from his Little Red Devils but similar in …
November 25, 2014, 4:00 p.m. — Twenty-Six Commissars (1932), Journey of Akaki Tsereteli to Racha and Lechkhumi (1912), Work at Oil Derricks and Oil Extraction (1907)
Twenty-Six Commissars 1932. USSR. Directed by Nikoloz Shengelaia. With K. Gasanov, Baba-Zade, Heiri Emirzade. Set against a backdrop of oil derricks and sand dunes, this impressive silent-era feature about the …
November 25, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — Talking Robert Gober
Sometimes articulating the "meanings" of an artwork proves elusive to language. In this session we explore the poetic works of Robert Gober despite our limitations as conversationalists. In conjunction with …
November 25, 2014, 11:30 a.m. — Contemporary Art: Witnesses for the Defense/Witnesses for the Prosecution
Contemporary Art: Witnesses for the Defense/Witnesses for the Prosecution Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 11:30 a.m. The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Painting and Sculpture Gallery, Gallery 20, fourth floor<!-- | Museum …
November 24, 2014, 8:00 p.m. — Obvious Child (2014)
Obvious Child 2014. USA. Directed by Gillian Robespierre. A girl walks into a bar… and starts telling jokes about her vagina and her boyfriend. It turns out the joke’s on …
November 24, 2014, 4:00 p.m. — Little Red Devils aka Red Imps (1923)
Little Red Devils aka Red Imps 1923. USSR. Directed and cowritten by Ivan Perestiani. With Pyotr Yesikovsky, Sofia Zozeffi, V. Sutyrin. Jay Leyda called Little Red Devils “the first Soviet …
November 24, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — Seeing a Pollock like Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock famously made One: Number 31 (1950) by placing the canvas on the floor, even though he intended that the work be displayed on the wall. In this session, …
November 23, 2014, 11:30 a.m. — Conceptual Art: Language and Materials
Can an artwork made out of language still be a sculpture? Can an invisible work be as sensual and material as a painting? Join us in exploring the works of …
November 24, 2014, 11:30 a.m. — Who Wants to Be a Critic?
Many of the works in MoMA’s collection were criticized as ugly or deformed when they were first exhibited. Indeed, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Boccioni deliberately altered the shapes and …
November 23, 2014, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Drawing with Scissors, 8–10
A special two-hour workshop for families. Kids and adults explore works in the collection and special exhibitions, then use their experience in the galleries as inspiration in art-making workshops. Visit …
November 23, 2014, 5:00 p.m. — Street Days (2010)
Street Days 2010. Georgia. Directed by Levan Koguasvhili. With Guga Kotetishvili, Irakli Ramishvili, Giorgi Kipshidze. Filmed against the backdrop of Tbilisi’s old stone walls, lanes, and apartment blocks, this award-winning …
November 23, 2014, 10:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. — From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Materials and Objects
From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Materials and Objects Sunday, November 23, 2014, 10:20–11:30 a.m. The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building<!-- | Museum Plan -->
November 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m. — Nymphomaniac: Extended Director’s Cut (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Extended Director’s Cut 2013. Denmark/Germany/Great Britain/France. Directed by Lars von Trier. Like a Scheherazade for the 21st century, Charlotte Gainsbourg’s middle-aged Jo recounts her stories of sexual discovery—and what …
November 23, 2014, 10:20 a.m.-11:15 a.m. — Over the Rainbow: Color in Art
For kids age four and their adult companions Look, listen, and share ideas while you explore modern and contemporary art. Movement, drawing, and other gallery activities give everyone the chance …
November 23, 2014, 2:00 p.m. — Blind Dates (2013)
Blind Dates 2013. Georgia. Directed by Levan Koguashvili. With Andro Sakhvarelidze, Ia Sukhitashvili, Archil Kikodze. A prime example of contemporary Georgian cinema, this entertaining romantic tragicomedy tells the story of …
November 22, 2014, 7:00 p.m. — Beth Custer Ensemble Accompanies Kote Mikaberidze’s My Grandmother
My Grandmother 1929. USSR. Directed and cowritten by Kote Mikaberidze. With Aleksandre Takaishvili, Bella Chernova, E. Ovanov. Mikaberidze’s satire of Soviet bureaucracy is a genuine piece of grotesquerie, a Georgian …
November 23, 2014, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. — Drawing with Scissors, 8–10
A special two-hour workshop for families. Kids and adults explore works in the collection and special exhibitions, then use their experience in the galleries as inspiration in art-making workshops. Visit …
November 22, 2014, 5:15 p.m. — Chaplin Restored: Essanay and Mutual Classics
The Chaplin Project brings together a consortium of international archives with Lobster Films in Paris and the Cineteca di Bologna in Italy to restore all of Charles Chaplin’s short films …
Matisse: The Same Thing, Different Means
Henri Matisse. Two Dancers (Deux danseurs). 1937–38. Stage curtain design for the ballet Rouge et Noir. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, notebook papers, pencil, and thumbtacks, 31 9/16 x …
November 23, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — Robert Gober: From the Carceral to the Sacral (and Back Again)
What would a prison look like if it were also a refuge? How would we behave in a chapel that was also a bathhouse? What does it feel like to …
November 22, 2014, 3:00 p.m. — Undercranking: The Magic behind the Slapstick ()
Undercranking: The Magic behind the Slapstick In this insightful and original lecture, film historian Ben Model shows how artists like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and other silent-era comedians systematically employed …
November 22, 2014, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. — Drawing with Scissors, 8–10
A special two-hour workshop for families. Kids and adults explore works in the collection and special exhibitions, then use their experience in the galleries as inspiration in art-making workshops. Visit …
November 22, 2014, 11:30 a.m. — The Language of Art: Expanding Your Art-Historical Vocabulary
Look for examples of artworks in the collection which manifest select terms related to the study of art; then join us in a conversation about the works, materials and layers …
November 22, 2014, 11:30 a.m. — Divas and the Demimonde in Toulouse-Lautrec’s Paris
This gallery session explores the key role of the fascinating, creative, sometimes dangerous women who served as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s muses. The artist celebrated the city’s demimonde, and these “divas” …
November 22, 2014, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Drawing with Scissors, 8–10
A special two-hour workshop for families. Kids and adults explore works in the collection and special exhibitions, then use their experience in the galleries as inspiration in art-making workshops. Visit …
November 22, 2014, 10:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. — From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Materials and Objects
From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Materials and Objects Saturday, November 22, 2014, 10:20–11:30 a.m. The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building<!-- | Museum Plan -->
November 22, 2014, 10:20 a.m.-11:15 a.m. — Over the Rainbow: Color in Art
For kids age four and their adult companions Look, listen, and share ideas while you explore modern and contemporary art. Movement, drawing, and other gallery activities give everyone the chance …
November 20, 2014, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. — Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs
For Deaf adults We are pleased to invite you to join us for Interpreting MoMA, our bimonthly program for deaf adults. Each month's program will begin with a wine and …
November 21, 2014, 8:00 p.m. — Bill Frisell, Ron Miles, Tony Scherr, and Kenny Wollesen Perform Live with The Great Flood
Bill Frisell, Ron Miles, Tony Scherr, and Kenny Wollesen Perform Live with The Great Flood Live performance with Bill Frisell, Ron Miles, Tony Scherr, and Kenny Wollesen Friday, November 21, …
November 20, 2014, 4:00 p.m. — The Fate of a Man (1959)
The Fate of a Man 1959. USSR. Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk. Screenplay by Yuri Lukin, Fyodor Shakhmagonov, Mikhail Sholokhov, based on a short story by Sholokhov. With Bondarchuk, Pavlik Boriskin, …
