Exhibition history
Explore exhibitions from The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, from MoMA’s founding in 1929 to the present. These pages are updated continually.
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Cubism and Abstract Art
Mar 2–Apr 19, 1936
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Dec 9, 1936–Jan 17, 1937
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Photography 1839–1937
Mar 17–Apr 18, 1937
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Three Centuries of American Art
May 24–Jul 31, 1938
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Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition: Painting, Sculpture, Prints
May 10–Sep 30, 1939
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Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition: Seven American Photographers
May 10–Sep 30, 1939
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Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics
Dec 31, 1940–Jan 12, 1941
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New Acquisitions: Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Jul 23–Sep 29, 1941
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New Acquisitions: Photographs
Jan 13–Feb 25, 1942
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How to Make a Photogram
Sep 16–Nov 2, 1942
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Twentieth Century Portraits
Dec 9, 1942–Jan 24, 1943
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Portraits
Nov 4–Dec 7, 1943
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Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibitions: Photography
May 24–Sep 17, 1944
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The Museum Collection of Photographs
Jun 20, 1945–Jun 23, 1946
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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jun 20, 1945–Feb 13, 1946
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Drawings in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Apr 15–Jun 1, 1947
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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
Jul 27–Sep 26, 1948
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American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Dec 23, 1948–Mar 13, 1949
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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America
Jan 23–Mar 25, 1951
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Abstraction in Photography
May 1–Jul 4, 1951
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12 Photographers
Jul 12–Aug 12, 1951
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Then and Now
Aug 5–18, 1952
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Diogenes with a Camera II
Nov 25, 1952–Mar 8, 1953
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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
Jun 23–Oct 4, 1953
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