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“I’ve always had overlapping ways of going about my work,” Bruce Nauman once remarked. “I’ve never been able to stick to one thing.” 1 For more than 50 years, he has worked in every conceivable ...
MoMA | Meet MeAbout The MoMA Alzheimer's Project The MoMA Alzheimer's Project was a special initiative in the Museum's Department of Education.The initiative took place from 2007 to 2014 and was ...
The human body is central to how we understand facets of identity such as gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity. People alter their bodies, hair, and clothing to align with or rebel against social ...
Explore Vincent van Gogh’s beloved painting in astonishing detail in this behind-the-scenes look at a new imaging tool.
Watch nine films from MoMA’s Private Lives Public Spaces exhibition, with commentary from the curators.
How do you bypass your thinking mind to make art? Surrealists played the game Exquisite Corpse to stimulate creativity through collaboration. Players would contribute to a drawing of a figure without ...
Explore VanDerBeek’s “experience machine,” first built in 1965 to connect the world through the “visual velocity” of immersive image networks.
Whether you are a classroom or homeschool teacher, a parent or caregiver now suddenly in the position of teaching at home, a student, or a lifelong learner, this is a challenging time. Art can be a ...
Photography is more accessible today than ever—and that’s something worth celebrating. MoMA Photo Club (MPC) is a Webby Award–winning participatory social media initiative we first launched in May ...
In the echo of Belgian artist René Magritte ’s words, the mystique of his painting The Lovers becomes immediately apparent. At first glance, the canvas appears to depict an ordinary display of ...
Immediately following the invention of Cubism in the early 20th century, paintings, drawings, and sculptures made in that trailblazing new style were often displayed in dense installations—stacked ...
Join a mental health illustrator for an imaginary trip through MoMA’s galleries and reflections on how art can elicit emotion.