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⛵️ Setting sail into summer! ☀️Today marks the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere—the first day of summe...
06/21/2026

⛵️ Setting sail into summer! ☀️

Today marks the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere—the first day of summer. If you're in New York with us, how will you be spending your 15 hours and 5 minutes of daylight?


Marc Chagall. "A Wheatfield on a Summer's Afternoon. Study for backdrop for Scene III of the ballet Aleko." 1942. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange). © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

It’s almost time to celebrate Pride at MoMA! 🏳️‍🌈 Our free celebration returns on Wednesday, June 24! Join us to celebra...
06/18/2026

It’s almost time to celebrate Pride at MoMA! 🏳️‍🌈

Our free celebration returns on Wednesday, June 24! Join us to celebrate q***r perspectives and art made by LGBTQ+ artists. This year’s Pride Celebration features…

🕺 DJ sets by Estro & TYLERFROMWHERE
🖌️ Art-making activities in the garden and on the second floor
🖼️ Gallery talks exploring work by q***r artists
🎤 Performances by the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus
🥂 Beer, cocktails, and more at our pop-up bar

🎟️ Tickets are free with RSVP! mo.ma/pride2026


Gilbert Baker. “Rainbow Flag.” 1978. Gift of the designer. © Gilbert Baker Estate. Photos: Alycia Kravitz.

In honor of Juneteenth, join us this Friday night for two public tours celebrating portraiture, political imagination, a...
06/17/2026

In honor of Juneteenth, join us this Friday night for two public tours celebrating portraiture, political imagination, and liberation across the African continent and diaspora.

Included with museum admission, the tours will explore the exhibition “Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination,” which honors the global political resonance of the photographic portrait.

As a part of UNIQLO Friday Nights, MoMA is open late and admission is free for all New York State Residents.

🔗 Reserve spots on the tours: mo.ma/ioaufn

📅 Friday, June 19
🗣️ UNIQLO Friday Night Talks: Ideas of Africa
⏰ 6:30 - 7:00 PM & 7:30 - 8 PM

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Installation view, “Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination,” on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from December 14, 2025, through July 25, 2026. [1-3] Photo: Alycia Kravitz. © 2026 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [4-5] Photo: Katia Repina for Alycia Kravitz Studio. © 2026 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

📣 Tickets are now on sale for performances of artist Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa’s “Lugar de Consuelo (Place of Solace),” pa...
06/12/2026

📣 Tickets are now on sale for performances of artist Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa’s “Lugar de Consuelo (Place of Solace),” part of his recent exhibition at the Museum, which addresses the political and personal histories of Guatemala’s long civil war.

Building on Ramírez-Figueroa’s research on Latin American theater, the performance “Lugar de Consuelo,” staged in MoMA’s Kravis Studio, is inspired by the history of the revolutionary play “El Corazón del espantapájaros (Heart of the Scarecrow),” written by the playwright Hugo Carrillo in 1962. Guatemala’s government violently repressed a student production of the play during the civil war. Years later, Ramírez-Figueroa learned about this from his uncle, who participated in that production as an actor. The artist’s research, drawn mostly from oral accounts, resulted in etchings, drawings, and costumes that reimagine the events surrounding its censorship.

The exhibition now culminates in the first New York performances of “Lugar de Consuelo.” Loosely inspired by the five characters from Carillo’s work, the new script, written in collaboration with poet Wingston González, imagines a new, mythical narrative, mixing history and science fiction.

Get tickets and learn more → mo.ma/nrfldctix



📣 Ya están a la venta las entradas para las funciones de “Lugar de Consuelo”, del artista Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, como parte de la reciente exposición presentada en el Museo y que enfrenta las historias políticas y personales de la prolongada guerra civil guatemalteca.

Fruto de una extensa investigación de Ramírez-Figueroa sobre el teatro latinoamericano, la performance “Lugar de Consuelo”, montado en el Kravis Studio de MoMA, toma como punto de partida la historia de “El Corazón del espantapájaros”, escrito por el dramaturgo Hugo Carrillo en 1962. El gobierno guatemalteco censuró violentamente una producción estudiantil de la obra durante la guerra civil. Años después, Ramírez-Figueroa conoció esta historia a través de su tío, quien había participado en ella como actor. A partir de su investigación centrada en relatos orales, Ramírez-Figueroa desarrolló una serie de grabados, dibujos y vestuarios que reinterpretan los acontecimientos que rodearon este acto de censura.

La exposición culmina con el estreno de la performance “Lugar de Consuelo” en Nueva York. Inspirado libremente en los cinco personajes de la obra de Carrillo, este nuevo texto, escrito en colaboración con el poeta Wingston González, imagina una narrativa mítica, mezclando historia y ciencia ficción.

Consigue tus entradas y más información → mo.ma/nrfldctix


Vista de la instalación de la exposición «Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa: Lugar de Consuelo», del 28 de marzo al 25 de mayo de 2026. Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York. Fotografía de Jonathan Dorado. Imagen digital © 2026 Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York.

We are saddened to hear the news of artist David Hockney’s passing. A prolific artist, Hockney worked across drawings, p...
06/12/2026

We are saddened to hear the news of artist David Hockney’s passing.

A prolific artist, Hockney worked across drawings, prints, paintings, photography, stage and costume designs, and new technologies. Whether L.A. swimming pools or landscapes made of hundreds of Polaroids, Hockney mined art history and his own scene for his colorful works, and he continues to influence artists around the world.

Today we honor the breadth and depth of Hockney’s work and the playful exuberance he brought to his practice.


🖼️ David Hockney. “Seated Woman Being Served Tea by Standing Companion.” 1963. Gift of Donald L. Bryant, Jr. and bequest of Richard S. Zeisler (by exchange).

Summer vibes 🔜 😎—Martin Parr. "Venice Beach, California." 1998. Acquired through the generosity of Charles Heilbronn. © ...
06/09/2026

Summer vibes 🔜 😎


Martin Parr. "Venice Beach, California." 1998. Acquired through the generosity of Charles Heilbronn. © 2026 Martin Parr

06/05/2026

This artist turns comics into monumental drawings 👆

Step into the world of Bronx-based artist Robert Pruitt who creates monumental figurative drawings inspired by comics, science fiction, Afrofuturism, and Black cultural history. Superheroes and comic book mythology run deep through Pruitt’s thinking, shaping how he approaches scale and gesture.

Raised in Houston’s Fourth Ward and now working in New York, Pruitt uses drawing to imagine Black futures beyond stereotypes and the limits of history. He states, “Our relationship to beauty is subjective... What happens if we're not bound by these things?”

📺 Watch the full video now → mo.ma/49Hz0Px

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Reach for it, New York! 🏀We’ll be on the lookout for more picture-perfect shots from the Knicks tonight. Go New York, go...
06/03/2026

Reach for it, New York! 🏀

We’ll be on the lookout for more picture-perfect shots from the Knicks tonight. Go New York, go New York, go!


Barton Silverman/The New York Times. “Lakers at the Knicks.” March 10, 1992. The New York Times Collection. © 2026 The New York Times.

“Nobody could imagine in New York—the most busy place in the world—that anybody would take the time to sit and just enga...
05/31/2026

“Nobody could imagine in New York—the most busy place in the world—that anybody would take the time to sit and just engage in [a] mutual gaze with me." — Marina Abramović

On this day in 2010, Marina Abramović's retrospective "The Artist Is Present" closed at MoMA. As part of the exhibition, Abramović staged a new work, sitting at a small table across from an empty chair in MoMA's Marron Atrium. Anyone was welcome to sit across from her for as long as they wanted.

For eight hours a day, over the course of nearly three months, more than 1,000 people sat opposite the artist, lining up for hours to do so; some people even camped outside the Museum overnight.

One person described sitting with Abramović as “a transforming experience—it’s luminous, it’s uplifting, it has many layers, but it always comes back to being present, breathing, maintaining eye contact.”

Did you visit "The Artist Is Present"? Share your experience in the comments 👇


Installation views of the exhibition "Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 14, 2010–May 31, 2010. Photographs by Jonathan Muzikar.

At a time when many of his German contemporaries were experimenting with abstraction, artist Max Beckmann pursued the po...
05/28/2026

At a time when many of his German contemporaries were experimenting with abstraction, artist Max Beckmann pursued the possibilities of figuration and narrative.

Beckmann frequently depicted fragments of myths, bible stories, and opaque allegories in his paintings—often interspersed with scenes and figures from his own life.

“Self-Portrait with a Cigarette,” shown here, is one of many paintings and prints in which the artist used self-portraiture as a form of role playing. Although Beckmann presented himself here as a stern and successful businessman, at the lower left of the painting is a red polkadot sash. A sly reference to the dress of a clown, it subtly mocks his mask of authority.

🎨 Plan your visit to see this work and more by Max Beckmann on view now in our fifth-floor galleries.


Max Beckmann. “Self-Portrait with a Cigarette.” Frankfurt 1923. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Hirschland. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

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