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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.

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    German Painting and Sculpture

    Mar 12–Apr 22, 1931

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

    Aug 3–Oct 2, 1949

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Posters by Painters and Sculptors

    Mar 4–May 11, 1952

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    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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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

    Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Recent European Acquisitions

    Nov 28, 1956–Jan 20, 1957

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection

    Jan 29–Feb 24, 1957

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    German Art of the 20th Century

    Oct 2–Dec 1, 1957

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    John S. Newberry: A Memorial Exhibition

    Apr 13–Jul 14, 1965

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

    Jan 25–Mar 10, 1968

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

    Jun 18–Aug 25, 1968

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

    Aug 20–Nov 14, 1976

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Abstraction-Création, Art Non-Figuratif

    Sep 20–Dec 4, 1977

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Art of the Twenties

    Nov 14, 1979–Jan 22, 1980

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980

    Oct 2, 1985–Jan 7, 1986

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    European Drawing Between the Wars

    Oct 24, 1987–Mar 1, 1988

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  • Abstractions

    Nov 17, 1988–Mar 26, 1989

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  • Pablo Picasso. The Charnel House. Paris, 1944–45. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 6′ 6 5/8″ × 8′ 2 1/2″ (199.8 × 250.1 cm). Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn Bequest (by exchange), and Mrs. Marya Bernard Fund in memory of her husband Dr. Bernard Bernard, and anonymous funds. © 2016 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Art of the Forties

    Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991

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  • Jean (Hans) Arp. Two Heads. 1929. Painted wood relief, 47 1/4 × 39 1/4″ (120 × 99.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2000 ARS, N.Y./VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

    Making Choices

    Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000

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  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Architecture & Design: North Gallery Rotation 2

    Dec 14, 2005–Apr 6, 2006

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  • Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret ). “Ceci n’est pas l’architecture” drawing from Buenos Aires Lecture. 1929. Charcoal and crayon on paper, 39¾ × 25 9/16″ (101 × 65 cm). Gift of Agnes Gund in honor of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

    Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture

    Nov 10, 2010–May 30, 2011

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  • Lilly Reich. Women’s Fashion Exhibition, Berlin, Germany. View of the Velvet and Silk Café. 1927. Gelatin silver print, 8 × 10″ (20.3 × 25.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mies van der Rohe Archive, gift of the architect

    How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior

    Oct 1, 2016–Apr 23, 2017

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  • Valentina Kulagina (Russian, 1902–1907). Maquette for We Are Building (Stroim). 1929. Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper, sandpaper, gouache, and pencil on paper, 22 5/8 × 14 1/4" (57.5 × 36.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women’s Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest.

    Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented

    Dec 13, 2020–Apr 10, 2021

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  • Angèle Etoundi Essamba. Héritage 2 from the series Masks. 1999. Gelatin silver print, 15 × 18 7/16" (38.1 × 46.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Committee on Photography Fund. © 2025 Angèle Etoundi Essamba. Photo: Robert Gerhardt

    520: Présence Africaine

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