Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd | between 5th & 6th Avenues
Midtown West | Manhattan
to 47th-50th Streets | 
to 5th Avenue
General Information
Contact 212-708-9480 | Museum
of Modern Art
Hours
Monday 10:30A to 5:30P
Wednesday & Thursday 10:30A to 5:30P
Friday 10:30A to 8:00P
Saturday & Sunday 10:30A to 5:30P
Closed Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day
Extras
Restaurant | Cafe | Cafeteria | Bar | Design
Store | Book Store | Coat Check | Child Back Carriers | Parking |
Walking Tours | Gallery Talks
Admission
Adults $20 | Seniors $16 |
Students $12 | Children 16 & under Free
Highlights
The Museum of Modern Art was founded
in 1929 by three grande dames of New York City society, Miss
Lillie P Bliss, Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr and Mrs Cornelius J Sullivan. Starting with a donated collection of eight prints and one
drawing the Museum's permanent collection has grown to almost
200,000 pieces representing all media
The constant expansion kept MoMA on
the move during its early days, finally settling into its current
location in 1939. Those keen of eye and geography will notice that
this is Rockefeller country. The Museum has
reworked, reinvented and rebuilt itself numerous times since. The most
recent version of its facilities was unveiled in November 2004.
(I have to admit that the $20 entrance fee has put me off and I
can't speak to the new look or layout. I don't
plan to visit until there's a show I really, really want to see,
probably the Dada exhibit in September 2006)
The Museum was the first to organize
works of modern media and technologies into separate curatorial
departments. Joining the traditional disciplines Painting and
Sculpture; Drawings; Prints and Illustrated Books, were three new
fields, Architecture and Design; Film and Media; and
Photography
MoMA presents its permanent
collection in six major exhibition spaces and mounts many special
exhibitions throughout the year. It provides a wide -- make that an
enormous -- variety of family and kids programs, educational
programs, outreach programs, seminars, lectures and whatever else a
museum can possibly offer
The Museum is affiliated with the
PS 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long
Island City
Exhibitions listed by
order of closing date
May 26 2006 thru September 4 2006
Landscape Recent Acquisitions
Works by Olafur Eliasson, Noriko Furunishi,
David Goldblatt , Geoffrey James, An-My Le, Sze Tsung Leong, Scott
McFarland and Clifford Ross
June 11 2006 thru September 4 2006
Douglas Gordon Timeline
Works by the light and time sculptor include
24 Hour Psycho, Play Dead , Film Noir (Perspire), and
Between Darkness and Light (After William Blake)
July 18 2006 thru September 11 2006
Dada
A survey of the early 20th-century
avant-garde movement
May 3 2006 thru September 18 2006
Since 2000 Printmaking Now
Recent acquisitions in contemporary print
making
June 21 2006 thru September 25 2006
Artists' Choice Herzog & de Meuron
Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de
Meuron select works from the Museum's permanent collection
May 10 2006 thru October 2 2006
Transforming Chronologies An Atlas of
Drawings Part Two
Instead of the usual chronological
presentation, groupings are determined by forms, motifs and themes
October 15 2006 thru January 1 2007
Eye on Europe Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960
to Now
This survey of over 300 printed works by a
range of artists working in the early '60s through younger
contemporary artists working today includes pieces by Georg Baselitz,
Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Hanne Darboven, Damien Hirst,
Richard Hamilton, Martin Kippenberger, Peter Kogler, Sarah Lucas,
Dieter Roth, Franz West and others
October 29 2006 thru January 15 2007
Brice Marden A Retrospective of Paintings
and Drawings
More than 100 paintings and drawings are
included in this 40-year retrospective of the artists
November 5 2006 thru January 29 2007
Edouard Manet The Execution of Maximilian
Pieces from the artist's series of works
inspired by the execution of Emperor Maximilian in 1867. Additional
works are included that unite the series' over the two years it took
to complete
August 30 2006 thru April 9 2007
Out of Time Contemporary Art from the
Collection
Contemporary works in various media, some
not previously exhibited, are used to explore our experience of time
February 25 2007 thru May 14 2007
Jeff Wall
Forty works comprise the basis for this
retrospective survey of the Manet-influenced photographer who's
large lightbox transparencies are often carefully staged
Things change quickly in NYC. Be sure to contact the museum or society for changes to schedules, admission fees, restrictions on children, strollers, backpacks, etc.
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