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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

    Bookworks

    Mar 17–May 30, 1977

    MoMA

  • Hermetic Aspects of Contemporary Art

    Jan 15–Feb 25, 1978

    MoMA PS1

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Contemporary Drawings

    Dec 8, 1984–May 20, 1985

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Drawing since 1940

    Jun 25–Oct 13, 1987

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Contemporary Works from the Collection

    Dec 24, 1987–Sep 12, 1988

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Europe, America: A Selection from the Collection

    Jul 28–Oct 23, 1988

    MoMA

  • Film (Spring 1989)

    Apr 20–22, 1989

    MoMA PS1

  • Contemporary European Prints

    Apr 9–Sep 22, 1992

    MoMA

  • Barbara Kruger. Untitled (Printed Matter Matters). (1989). Photolithograph, offset printed and engraved typography, plate 23 5/16 × 21 1/4″ (59.2 × 54 cm), sheet 25 × 23″ (63 × 58.5 cm). Riva Castleman Fund. © 2017 Barbara Kruger

    Reading Prints

    Mar 4–Jul 6, 1993

    MoMA

  • Elizabeth Murray. Beam. November 1982. Oil on canvas, four panels, 9ʹ 2ʺ × 6ʹ 3 7/8ʺ × 3 7/8ʺ (279.4 × 193 × 10 cm). Gift of Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro in honor of Richard E. Oldenburg. © 2016 Estate of Elizabeth Murray / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Painting and Sculpture: Recent Acquisitions

    Jun 16–Sep 11, 1994

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  • Paul Gauguin. Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent) from Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent). 1894, printed 1921. One from a series of eight woodcuts, composition: 14 × 8 1/16″ (35.5 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 16 5/8 × 10 9/16″ (42.3 × 26.8 cm). Publisher: Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen. Printer: Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen. Edition: 100. Lillie P. Bliss Collection. Photo: Thomas Griesel

    A Century of Artists Books

    Oct 23, 1994–Jan 24, 1995

    MoMA

  • Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995

    May 27–Sep 5, 1995

    MoMA

  • Installation view of A Decade of Collecting: Selected Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawing at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Thomas Griesel

    A Decade of Collecting: Selected Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawing

    Jun 5–Sep 9, 1997

    MoMA

  • Heaven: Public View, Private View

    Oct 29, 1997–Feb 1, 1998

    MoMA PS1

  • 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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  • Lorna Simpson. Wigs (Portfolio). 1994. Portfolio of 21 lithographs on felt, with 17 lithographed felt text panels, overall: 6′ × 13′ 6″ (182.9 × 411.5 cm). Purchased with funds given by Agnes Gund, Howard B. Johnson, and Emily Fisher Landau. © 2017 Lorna Simpson. Photo: John Wronn

    Open Ends

    Sep 28, 2000–Mar 4, 2001

    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

    Drawing from the Modern, 1945 - 1975

    Mar 30–Aug 29, 2005

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  • Odilon Redon. The Giant (Man with a Club). c. 1890. Oil on prepared paper, 25 1/2 × 20 1/4″ (64.8 × 51.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of The Ian Woodner Family Collection

    Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part One

    Jan 26–Apr 24, 2006

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  • Olafur Eliasson. The Colour Spectrum Series. 2005. Forty-eight framed photogravures, each: 13 9/16 x 17 15/16" (34.5 x 45.5 cm). Publisher and printer: Niels Borch Jensen, Copenhagen. Edition: 18. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Riva Castleman Endowment Fund. © 2006 Olafur Eliasson

    Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples/1960 to Now

    Oct 15, 2006–Jan 1, 2007

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    The Gold Standard

    Oct 29, 2006–Jan 15, 2007

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  • Jo Baer. Sex Symbol. 1961. Gouache and pencil on paper, 6 × 3 1/4″ (15.3 × 8.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. The Judith Rothschild Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (Purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection). © 2007 Jo Baer

    Lines, Grids, Stains, Words

    Jun 13–Oct 22, 2007

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  • Beatriz Milhazes. Succulent Eggplants. 1996. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 74 3/4 × 96 1/2″ (189.9 × 245.1 cm). Gift of Agnes Gund and Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest Fund. © 2007 Beatriz Milhazes

    What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection

    Jul 7–Sep 17, 2007

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  • Richard Artschwager. Book. 1987. Multiple of formica and wood. object: 5 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 12 1/16″ (13 × 51.1 × 30.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Virginia Cowles Schroth Fund. © 2008 Richard Artschwager / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

    Book/Shelf

    Mar 26–Jul 7, 2008

    MoMA

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