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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.

  • Recent Acquisitions

    Aug 18–Nov 7, 1989

    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

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Slow Art: Painting in New York Now

    Apr 26–Jun 21, 1992

    MoMA PS1

  • 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

  • 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

  • Drawing on Chance: Selections from the Collection

    Oct 12, 1995–Jan 23, 1996

    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

  • Jim Dine. A Tree that Shatters the Dancing. 1980. Synthetic polymer paint, synthetic polymer spray paint, charcoal and pastel on cut-and-pasted paper. 56 1/8 × 5 1/8ʺ (143.4 × 127.5 cm) (irreg). Gift of Nancy and Jim Dine in memory of Myron Orlofsky. © 2016 Jim Dine / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar

    Elements of the Natural: 1950–1992

    May 7–Sep 8, 1998

    MoMA

  • Sylvie Fleury. His Mistress’ Toy (for Parkett no. 58). 2000. Multiple of polyurethane shoe with integrated noisemaker, Overall: 4 7/16 × 3 3/4 × 7 11/16″ (11.2 × 9.5 × 19.5 cm). Roxanne H. Frank Fund

    Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now

    Apr 5–Jun 5, 2001

    MoMA

  • Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43. Oil on canvas, 50 × 50″ (127 × 127 cm). Given anonymously

    To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection

    Jul 3, 2002–Sep 6, 2004

    MoMA

  • William Kentridge. Drawing from STEREOSCOPE. 1998–99. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 47 1/4 × 63″ (120 × 160 cm). Gift of The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, with special contributions from Anonymous, Scott J. Lorinsky, Yasufumi Nakamura, and The Wider Foundation. © 2003 William Kentridge. Photo: Tom Griesel, The Museum of Modern Art

    Stranger in the Village: Contemporary Drawings and Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art at Guild Hall

    Aug 9–Oct 27, 2003

    MoMA

  • William Gedney – Christopher Wool: Into the Night

    Jun 27–Sep 27, 2004

    MoMA PS1

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Contemporary: Inaugural Installation

    Nov 20, 2004–Jul 11, 2005

    MoMA

  • Installation view of Contemporary Voices: Works from The UBS Art Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Thomas Griesel

    Contemporary Voices: Works from The UBS Art Collection

    Feb 4–Apr 25, 2005

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Defamation of Character

    Oct 29, 2006–Jan 15, 2007

    MoMA PS1

  • 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

    MoMA

  • 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

    MoMA

  • Mircea Cantor. Deeparture. 2005. 16mm film transferred to video (color, silent). 2:43 min. loop. Fund for the Twenty-First Century. © 2008 Mircea Cantor. Image courtesy of the artist and Yvon Lambert Paris/New York

    Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art

    Sep 10, 2008–Mar 23, 2009

    MoMA

  • Kerry James Marshall. Study for Blue Water, Silver Moon. 1991. Conté crayon and watercolor on paper, 49  3/4 x 38 1/8" (126.4 x 96.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Purchased with General Acquisitions Funds and funds provided by The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art. © 2010 Kerry James Marshall

    Contemporary Art from the Collection

    Jun 30, 2010–Sep 19, 2011

    MoMA

  • Bruce Nauman. *Waxing Hot, from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs. 1966–67/1970/2007. Inkjet print (originally chromogenic color print), 19 15/16 × 19 15/16″ (50.6 × 50.6 cm). Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Gerald S. Elliott Collection. © 2010 Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today

    Aug 1–Nov 1, 2010

    MoMA

  • The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

    Contemporary Collection

    Nov 16, 2011–Feb 9, 2014

    MoMA

  • Martin Kippenberger. Content on Tour (Inhalt auf Reisen). 1992. Screenprint mounted on plywood, with unique alterations by the artist, 70 7/8 x 59" (180 x 150 cm). Publisher and printer: Edition Artelier, Graz, Austria. Edition: 3 this size; 5 for three smaller sizes. Collection Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne. © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne. Photo: Lothar Schnepf, Cologne

    Print/Out

    Feb 19–May 14, 2012

    MoMA

  • Laura Owens. Untitled. 2013. Acrylic, Flashe, and oil stick on canvas, 137 3/8 × 119 7/8" (348.9 × 304.5 cm). Enid A. Haupt Fund

    214: Surface Tension

    Fall 2019–Fall 2021

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