November 2, 2014, 10:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. — From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Materials and Objects
and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building The Lewis B. From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Materials and Objects Sunday, November 2, 2014, 10:20–11:30 a.m.
November 2, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — Vistas: Visual Essays of Christopher Williams
No registration is required. Curator Roxana Marcoci calls Christopher Williams “a creator of visual essays.” These “essays” are photographs whose formal and conceptual rigor confronts broadly diverse histories. They present, …
November 2, 2014, 10:20 a.m.-11:15 a.m. — Over the Rainbow: Color in Art
Please see the Tours for Fours program page for ticketing and admission information. No preregistration. Note: Kids must be four years old to attend this program. Admission is free. Movement, …
November 2, 2014, 1:00 p.m. — Caravaggio (1986)
Caravaggio 1986. Derek Jarman. Tilda Swinton makes her feature debut, the start of a long and cherished collaboration with Jarman. “The idea that [Caravaggio] was an early martyr to the …
November 1, 2014, 7:30 p.m. — Caravaggio (1986)
Jarman’s Caravaggio is a feverish, chiaroscuro portrait of the Baroque artist who hustled painting commissions out of the Church while consorting with male lovers, prostitutes, and the criminal underclass of …
November 1, 2014, 7:30 p.m. — Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. With Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel. In Turkish; English subtitles. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 2011. The killer has confessed, …
November 1, 2014, 4:45 p.m. — Sebastiane (1976)
Written and directed by Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman.. Set in the golden-hued wilds of Sardinia and performed entirely in vulgar Latin by a sun-kissed, all-male cast, the film heralded newcomer …
: The Modern Monument
Also on view is a trio of monumentally-scaled figurative bronzes by British sculptor Henry Moore made between 1948 and 1963, which, when seen together, trace his increasingly abstract treatment of …
November 1, 2014, 4:00 p.m. — Cocoon (1995), The Small Town (1997)
With Chiat Bütün, Emin Ceylan, Fatma Ceylan, Havva Saglam. Screenplay by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Emin Ceylan. 82 min. Ceylan’s feature debut, Kasaba reveals his debt to Anton Chekhov in its …
: Painting & Sculpture I
Continue your visit in the Painting and Sculpture Galleries on the fourth floor, which feature art made between 1940 and 1980, and in the Contemporary Galleries, on the second floor, …
: Design and Violence
Violence, at least at the beginning of the project, is defined as the manifestation of the power to alter circumstances, against the will of others and to their detriment. Its …
November 1, 2014, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. — Drawing with Scissors, 5–7
Preregistration is required. Registration takes place online ten days before the first session of each program. Only kids of the ages listed will be permitted to attend. Ages vary by …
: Painting & Sculpture II
These galleries are frequently reinstalled in an effort to feature a wide range of artworks in various configurations, reflecting the view that there are countless ways to explore the history …
: Performance Program
How can artists and institutions address performance’s migration from the margin to the center of contemporary art discourse? How Are We Performing Today? Through this conference, MoMA’s Department of Media …
November 1, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — What Is Painting?
Sign language–interpreted Gallery Sessions are held every fourth Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. Gallery Sessions, impromptu interactions facilitated by Museum educators that explore the creative process, art history, …
: Gustav Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer II
Painting and Sculpture Galleries, fifth floor View related events Gustav Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer II Ongoing The Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
: MoMA Art Lab: Places and Spaces
Friday, 10:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Saturday–Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. In the Lab visitors of all ages can design, draw, build, and create as we explore places and space in modern and …
November 1, 2014, 1:30 p.m. — Joseph Cornell and Ken Jacobs: Footage Lost and Found
Untitled Joseph Cornell Film (The Wool Collage). Directed by Joseph Cornell. Perfect Film has been preserved by The Museum of Modern Art with support from the Celeste Bartos Fund for …
: Jean Dubuffet: Soul of the Underground
Jean Dubuffet: Soul of the Underground, the first monographic presentation on the artist at MoMA in over 25 years, illuminates Dubuffet’s radical experimentation with form and material by focusing on …
: Bill Morrison: Re-Compositions
Morrison employs high-resolution scans of nitrate footage, as well as newly created CGI renderings, to depict views of the heavens at twenty-four frames per second. A 1930 cinematographic record by …
November 1, 2014, 11:30 a.m. — European Avant-Gardes in America: Dada and Surrealism
Gallery Sessions, impromptu interactions facilitated by Museum educators that explore the creative process, art history, and the experience of art, take place daily in select galleries. The early 1940s in …
: 100 Years in Post-Production: Resurrecting a Lost Landmark of Black Film History
for Klaw and Erlanger. With Bert Williams, Odessa Warren Grey, Walker Thompson, and members of J. Directors Edwin Middleton, T. Silent. Bert Williams: 100 Years in Post-Production At a challenging …
Bill Morrison: Compositions
In 1996 a clear narrative emerged in the 12-minute The Film of Her, which relied upon the tension of memory and archives to articulate the story of a lost love, …
: The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters
His work allows entry into many facets of Parisian life, from politics to visual culture and the rise of popular entertainment in the form of cabarets and café-concerts. This exhibition, …
Have a Cow, Man
I’ve gathered examples in the Library collection by Klaus Groh and Edgardo Antonio Vigo, along with a bitmapped version, a “Belgian mail art bull,” and a cryptic one that has …
November 1, 2014, 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Cut It Out!
on October 15. In conjunction with the exhibition Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs Admission is free. At the end of the program, families will visit the exhibition Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs. …
: Cut to Swipe
If the cut signifies collage and montage, foundational artistic strategies of the 20th century, the swipe suggests a 21st-century condition in which images have moved off the screen, dispersed at …
This Week at MoMA: October 20–26
Visit MoMA.org for even more Bill Morrison events this week. Simon Guggenheim Fund. Oil on canvas, 6′ 7″ x 7′ 3 3/4″ (200.7 x 222.9 cm). • Also on Friday, …
: Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs
The goals of the multiyear conservation effort have been to bring this magical environment back to its original color balance, height, and spatial configuration. Newly conserved, The Swimming Pool—off view …
Robert Gober in Time
Plaster, wood, wire lath, aluminum, watercolor, semi-gloss enamel paint, 28 x 33 x 22 1/2″ (71.1 x 83.8 x 57.2 cm). Seen from behind while mid-stride with a dog tagging …
November 1, 2014, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Drawing with Scissors, 5–7
Sessions take place in the morning and afternoon on most dates. on October 8. Preregistration is required. Registration for all sessions of this workshop begins at 10:30 a.m. Sign up …
: Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor
Rober Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor Hilton Als
Five for Friday: Halloween Costume Inspiration from MoMA’s Collection
Le Perreux-sur-Marne, 1928 Looking for a couples’ costume? If one of these five artworks doesn’t spark your creativity, try browsing through the collection. 1990 For his Today series, On …
: MoMA Studio: Beyond the Cut-Out
Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs Karl Buchberg, Nicholas Cullinan, Jodi Hauptman, and Nicholas Serota
This Week at MoMA: October 27–November 2
Here’s your to-do list: Winter Sleep. to midnight), with open galleries, DJs, a costume competition, dancing, pageantry, and more. • On Sunday, November 2, join assistant curator and author Samantha …