Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Abstract Expressionist New York
Blockbuster exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art underscores the relationship between New York City and the explosion of creative activity among the artists who lived there in the postwar period. Learn why New York became the center of...
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Mo Ma: Henri Rousseau's "The Sleeping Gypsy"
Read a description of the details and artistic nuances in Henri Rousseau's painting, "The Sleeping Gypsy." There is a one-minute audio discussion of the painting that incorporates questions students can ask themselves to help them...
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Mo Ma: Artistic Collaborations
A small collection of prints made by famous artists who generally work in mediums outside of printmaking. This collection comes from a collaborative printing workshop (ULAE) in New York.
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Mo Ma: Stencil Portraits
The Museum of Modern Art presents this classroom or group activity for making stencil portraits. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Mo Ma: Martin Puryear
Visit the online home of a 30-year retrospective of sculptor Martin Puryear's work, which opened at the Museum of Modern Art in November 2007. Includes essays, images, and videos of the installation.
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Mo Ma: Henri Cartier Bresson: Great Leap Forward, China,1958
Photo-essay by Cartier-Bresson documents scenes from the Great Leap Forward, Mao's intensive programme of forced industrialisation and forced migration.
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Mo Ma: Henri Cartier Bresson: After the War, End of an Era
French photographer Cartier-Bresson, known as the father of photojournalism, documents scenes in Europe at the end of the Second World War and in India and China at the start of the postwar period in world history.
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Mo Ma: Exhibitions: Picasso Guitars: 1912 14
Exhibition focuses on two cubist works by Picasso that showcase the artist's incessant inventiveness with traditional media and found objects.
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Mo Ma: Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century
Check out some of the future car designs from major manufacturers. Also learn about what goes in to powering cars among other bits of information.
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Mo Ma: Untitled Film Stills: Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is known for her staged movie stills or publicity pix. You can see some of them here at this Museum of Modern Art exhibit.
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Mo Ma: "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is featured here, with background on the painting that conveys its emotional content.
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Mo Ma Exhibit: Chuck Close
A brief introduction to the work of photorealist painter Chuck Close. Includes visual examples of his work, including the recognizable "Big Self-Portrait".
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Mo Ma: Artists in the Collection: Richard Avedon
Browse the museum's holdings of works by Avedon, which include several iconic portraits as well as some fashion photography. Also includes a biographical note, excerpted from Grove Art Online.
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Mo Ma: Christina's World: Behind the Art
An intriguing description of one of America's most well-known paintings by artist Andrew Wyeth.
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Mo Ma: Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti is the first major New York City museum exhibition in almost three decades devoted to the work of the internationally renowned Swiss sculptor, painter, and draftsman. Now you can see his work too.
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Mo Ma: New Architecture From Spain
A fascinating audio-enhanced slideshow of the jaw-dropping architectural innovations going on in Spain during the first decade of the twenty-first century. Spain is a rising leader in architectural design, as the nine projects exhibited...