Photo courtesy of joonbug

Inside New York‘s Tom Taylor visits Moma’s SummerGarden series:

It could hardly have been a more spectacular setting. As dusk settled on a warm Sunday night, a rose-glow covered the huge windows into the heart of the MoMA while swallows dipped and dived, merrily chirping to one another. Their chattering was echoed by the busy sounds of the street. Together, this unorthodox aural backdrop might, if you closed your eyes for a moment, conjure up images of a great orchestra warming-up.

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No Comments | Posted on July 26, 2012 | Categories: Art, Attractions, From the Blog, Midtown West, Music, Nightlife, Only in New York, Weekend Forecast

tags: moma, outdoor concerts, Tom Taylor

Image via Liberty Harbor RV

You can’t truly study modern art without studying film, and The Museum of Modern Art certainly leaves a significant amount of space for movies on the syllabus.  Unknown to most tourists, and even some New Yorkers, the museum hosts 3 full size movie theaters. These include the underground ”Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters” (also known as Theaters 1 and 2), as well as “The Celeste Bartos Theater” (also known as Theater 3), which can be accessed from the 54th Street entrance, between 5th and 6th. Movie tickets are complementary with museum admission, however, they can also be purchased separately. This makes the venue great for day trips, matinees, or simply dinner and a movie.

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No Comments | Posted on June 25, 2012 | Categories: From the Blog

tags: Bijan Samareh, moma, museum of modern art, The Big Screen With Bijan

• Detail of a building near MoMA

   

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• Buildings surrounding MoMA

   

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• View from a MoMA window

   

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• Installation in progress

   

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• Infinite houses

   

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• Cindy Sherman’s work used as wallpaper

   

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• Larger than life images created by Cindy Sherman

   

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• Black and White Prints

   

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• Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp

   

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Exhibits to look out for:

1. Cindy Sherman (till June 11)
2. Diego Riviera Murals (till May 14)
3. Print/Out (till May 14)

- Sanjana Malhotra

3 Comments | Posted on April 11, 2012 | Categories: From the Blog

tags: moma, Photo essay, Sanjana Malhotra

Cindy Sherman at the MOMA

Let me start this review by saying: I saw Marc Jacobs at this show! Right? How cool am I? He was awesome, wearing a skirt and a lacy blazer. I heard him say that the “Untitled Film Stills” were his favorite. Ok, enough about my fabulous goings-on-about-town and on to the Cindy Sherman retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Through June 11, you can see some of the funniest, sexiest, most provocative, and sometimes downright disturbing art, all in one exhibit. This show kept me on my toes through its sheer emotional variety. Read the complete post »

No Comments | Posted on April 4, 2012 | Categories: From the Blog

tags: art, Cindy Sherman, julia wolkoff, moma, photography

Guitarist Romero Lumbabo performs

“I feel like we’re yuppies,” I said, pointing out the pencil skirts and linen blazers in the crowd already gathered in MoMA’s sculpture garden for the museum’s weekly Thursday night concert.

“Yuppies? It’s free,” my friend responded, pointing to retired couples in jeans and students in sundresses. “Everyone’s here.”

And everyone was there. Word has certainly gotten out about MoMA Thursday Nights, a summer program combining modern art with music. The museum will stay open until 8:45 p.m. every Thursday this July and August while a diverse lineup of musicians performs live in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. In July, MoMA Music featured performers from Brazil, in conjunction with the film exhibition Premiere Brazil 2009. In August, the music’s origin will switch to China to suit the exhibition Project 90: Song Dong, an installation appropriately visible from the Sculpture Garden. Musicians perform two sets, one at 5:30 p.m. and one at 7:00 p.m.

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No Comments | Posted on July 31, 2009 | Categories: Attractions, Event-Related, From the Blog, Midtown West, Nightlife

tags: alcohol, art, classy, Food, guitar, moma, moma thursday nights, museum of modern art, music, romero lumbabo, sculpture, sculpture garden, thursday