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, October 24, the Department of Film kicks off its annual film preservation festival, To Save and Project, with the North American premiere of a new MoMA restoration: Allan Dwan’s 1929 masterpiece The Iron Mask, including the entire original Vitaphone soundtrack, which will be heard here for the first time since the film’s original roadshow presentation. On view in 100 Years in Post-Production: Resurrecting a Lost Landmark of Black Film History
• The exhibition 100 Years in Post-Production: Resurrecting a Lost Landmark of Black Film History opens on Friday, October 24, with clips from 101-year-old film footage of the earliest known surviving feature film with a cast of black actors—which was discovered in MoMA’s Biograph Studio collection—along with research findings, archival materials, and film stills. This event is held in conjunction with the artist’s current film retrospective, Bill Morrison: Compositions, and gallery installation, Bill Morrison: Re-Compositions. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. • Take The Mondrian Challenge—join a free Gallery Sessions tour on Tuesday, October 21, where you can take the same elements that Mondrian used to make his paintings and try your hand at organizing them in your own compositions. Production still from Bert Williams Lime Kiln Field Day Project. Three Musicians. • Today, October 20, we present a Modern Mondays evening with Bill Morrison, focusing on his use of archival and found footage. Space is limited, so buy your tickets today. © 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
• Happy Birthday Pablo Picasso!
