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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

    Afro-American Abstraction

    Feb 17–Apr 6, 1980

    MoMA PS1

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

    May 17–Aug 19, 1984

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries

    Feb 15–Mar 17, 1985

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Contemporary Works from the Collection

    Nov 21, 1985–Apr 1, 1986

    MoMA

  • Bruce Nauman. Model for Animal Pyramid II. 1989. Cut-and-taped gelatin silver prints, (irreg) 90 1/2 × 60 1/8″ (229.9 × 152.8 cm). Gift of Agnes Gund and Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder. © 2016 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing

    Feb 16–May 5, 1992

    MoMA

  • Magdalena Abakanowicz. Body 81F. 1981. Charcoal on paper, 39 3/8 × 29 5/8″ (100 × 75.3 cm). Gift of Edward R. Broida and Richard E. Salomon. © 2016 Magdalena Abakanowicz. Photo: Thomas Griesel

    Drawings in Black and White: A Selection of Contemporary Works from the Collection

    Sep 22, 1994–Feb 7, 1995

    MoMA

  • Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995

    May 27–Sep 5, 1995

    MoMA

  • Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Untitled (billboard). 1996. Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser. Photo: David Allison

    Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980–1995

    Jun 20–Sep 10, 1996

    MoMA

  • Marlene Dumas. Chlorosis (Love sick). 1994. Ink, gouache, and synthetic polymer paint on paper, each sheet: 26 × 19 1/2″ (66.2 × 49.5 cm). The Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Memorial Fund in memory of Judith Rothschild. © 2016 Marlene Dumas

    A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Drawing

    Sep 8, 1997–Jan 20, 1998

    MoMA

  • Alberto Giacometti. Cubist Head. 1933. Engraving, plate: 12 1/16 × 10ʺ (30.6 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16ʺ (50.8 × 38 cm). Publisher: unpublished. Printer: the artist at Atelier 17, Paris. Edition: unique. Gift of Mr. Stanley W. Hayter. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

    Giacometti to Judd: Prints by Sculptors

    Jun 9–Oct 13, 1998

    MoMA

  • Jacob Lawrence. Street Shadows. 1959. Tempera on gesso on board, 24 × 29 7/8″ (61 × 75.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Ellen Kern in memory of her parents, Lewis and Jewel Garlick. © Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, courtesy the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation

    New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings

    Oct 25, 2001–Jan 8, 2002

    MoMA

  • Installation view of the exhibition, Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation. November 20, 2004–December 31, 2005. IN1931.4. Photograph by Thomas Griesel

    Painting & Sculpture II

    Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2005

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Artists & Prints: Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art, Part 1

    Nov 20, 2004–Mar 14, 2005

    MoMA

  • Jean (Hans) Arp. Mustache Hat, from 7 Arpaden. 1923. One from a portfolio of seven lithographs, sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 3/4″ (45.1 × 34.9 cm). Publisher: Merzverlag (Kurt Schwitters), Hannover, Germany. Printer: unknown. Edition: 50. Gift of J. B. Neumann. © 2005 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-kunst, Bonn

    Between Representation and Abstraction

    Oct 19, 2005–Jan 9, 2006

    MoMA

  • Philip Guston. Talking. 1979. Oil on canvas, 68 1/8″ × 6′ 6 1/4″ (173 × 198.8 cm). Gift of Edward R. Broida. © 2016 The Estate of Philip Guston

    Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection

    May 3–Jul 10, 2006

    MoMA

  • Martin Puryear. Bower. 1980. Sitka spruce and pine, 64″ × 7′ 10 3/4″ × 26 5/8″ (162.6 × 240.7 × 67.6 cm). Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Museum purchase made possible through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, Alexander Calder, Frank Wilbert Stokes, and the Ford Motor Company. Photograph by Richard Barnes. © 2007 Martin Puryear

    Martin Puryear

    Nov 4, 2007–Jan 14, 2008

    MoMA

  • Ellen Gallagher. Black Combs from DeLuxe (detail). 2004–05. Photogravure, chine collé, oil, laser cutting, plasticine, and toy eyeballs, from a portfolio of 60 mixed media works, composition and sheet: 13 x 10" (33 x 25.4 cm). Publisher and printer: Two Palms Press, New York. Edition: 20. Acquired through the generosity of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art and The Speyer Family Foundation, Inc., with additional support from the General Print Fund. © 2012 Ellen Gallagher and Two Palms Press

    Printin’

    Feb 15–May 14, 2012

    MoMA

  • Installation view of the exhibition New York/New Wave, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 1981. MoMA PS1 Archives, III.A.18. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    A BIT OF MATTER: The MoMA PS1 Archives, 1976–2000

    Apr 9–Sep 10, 2017

    MoMA PS1

  • Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977. 1988. Fifteen paintings, oil on canvas, installation variable, from 13 3/4 x 15 1/2" (35 cm) to 6' 6 3/4" x 10' 6" (200 x 320 cm); shown: Youth Portrait, 28 1/2 x 24 1/2" (72.4 x 62 cm). The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, gift of Philip Johnson, and acquired through the Lilie P. Bliss Bequest (all by exchange); Enid A. Haupt Fund; Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest Fund; and gift of Emily Rauh Pulitzer. © 2019 Gerhard Richter

    The Long Run

    Nov 11, 2017–May 5, 2019

    MoMA

  • Nick Cave. Soundsuit. 2011. Found objects, knit head and bodysuit, and mannequin, 10' 1" x 42" x 33" (307.3 x 106.7 x 83.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Agnes Gund in honor of Dr. Stuart W. Lewis. © 2018 Nick Cave. Photo: Imaging and Visual Resources Department, MoMA

    Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund

    Apr 29–Jul 22, 2018

    MoMA

  • Preston Dickinson. Harlem River. before 1928. Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 20 1/4" (41 x 51.4 cm). Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

    509: New York City, 1920s

    Nov 14, 2020–Nov 26, 2023

    Collection gallery

    MoMA

  • Ed Rossbach. Constructed Color Wall Hanging. 1965. Synthetic raffia, 57 × 71" (144.8 × 180.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Emery Fund

    Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction

    Apr 20–Sep 13, 2025

    MoMA

  • Hélio Oiticica. Red Monochrome. 1959. Alkyd on board, 11 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 1 1/8" (29.8 × 29.8 × 2.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Paulo Herkenhoff. © 2025 Projeto Hélio Oiticica

    Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid

    Through Jul 5

    MoMA

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