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Summer's winding down at MoMA, giving way to an exciting fall season. This month, encore screenings of Un Chien andalou and L'Age d'or bring Dalí: Painting and Film to a close; the annual New Photography showcase and ongoing Projects series debut cutting-edge contemporary installations; and an eagerly anticipated exhibition on Vincent van Gogh opens September 21. Finally, a series of politically themed Conversations kicks off on September 24.

New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky
September 10–January 5

MoMA's annual photography showcase features Meckseper's subversive use of the visual codes of advertising and Subotzky's stirring visions of post-apartheid South Africa.

Projects 88: Lucy McKenzie
September 10–December 1

McKenzie combines painting, printmaking, and drawing with public events like concerts and performances. At MoMA she turns gallery space into a turn-of-the-century salon.

Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art
September 10–March 30

Trace a path through 40 years of contemporary art, including major works by Matthew Barney, Nan Goldin, Paul McCarthy, Annette Messager, and Bruce Nauman.

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night
September 21–January 5
Member Previews September 17–20
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Gain new insight into one of the nineteenth century's most influential artists with this unprecedented exhibition on Vincent van Gogh's nocturnal and twilight compositions. Timed entry may be necessary. Buy tickets online.

Dalí: Painting and Film
FINAL WEEKS
Through September 15
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Major paintings, drawings, and films illuminate cinema's central role in the work of Surrealist provocateur Salvador Dalí. Don't miss this "haunting" exhibition (The New York Times).

Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
Through October 20
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"One of New York's most exciting cultural venues this summer is a vacant lot in Midtown Manhattan."—Architectural Record

Kirchner and the Berlin Street
Through November 10
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"Delivers a terrific visual wallop right at the start and then continues to reverberate." —The New York Times

Also on view: Elements and Unknowns, Looking at Music: Media Art of the 1960s, Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities, Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s, Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Rum: The Art of Appropriation, Focus: Picasso Sculpture, Focus: Joseph Beuys, Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Jazz Score, George Lois: The Esquire Covers, and more.

Complete exhibition schedule

Hollywood on the Hudson: Filmmaking in New York, 1920–39
September 17–October 19

This exhibition reexamines New York's rich filmmaking history and includes work by and with Louise Brooks, Carlos Gardel, Lillian Gish, D. W. Griffith, Ben Hecht, the Marx Brothers, Paul Robeson, Gloria Swanson, and Rudolph Valentino.

Also on view: Dalí in New York, Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema, Béla Tarr's The Man from London, Filmmaker in Focus: Carlos Reygadas, Looking at Music, and more.

Complete film schedule

Dalí and New York
Wednesday, September 10, 6:30 p.m.
Scholars and filmmakers discuss Dalí's relationship to the New York artistic community.

Anatomy of a Jazz Score
Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 p.m.
Composers and scholars consider the process of writing jazz for the cinema.

Conversations with Contemporary Artists: Shelly Silver
Wednesday, September 24, 6:30 p.m.
The artist discusses her recent politically themed documentary.

Complete programs and events schedule

Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland
Through September 15

"On the surface, at least, all the works in this 16-artist show at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center are coolly controlled. Nevertheless, something hot runs through them: urgent emotions and irrational fantasies."—The New York Times

Complete P.S.1 schedule

Images, from top: Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night (detail). 1889. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Art. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Josephine Meckseper. Blow-Up (Tamara, Portrait) (detail). 2006. Chromogenic color print. Courtesy Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart; Arndt & Partner, Berlin/Zurich; Elizabeth Dee, New York. © 2008 Josephine Meckseper, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Lucy McKenzie. Untitled (for Parkett no. 76) (detail). 2006. Screenprint. Publisher: Parkett, Zurich, Switzerland and New York. Printer: Bernie Reid, Edinburgh. The Museum of Modern Art. General Print Fund. © 2008 Lucy McKenzie. Nan Goldin. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. 1979–2004. Multimedia installation with 690 slides and programmed soundtrack. The Museum of Modern Art. Purchase. © 2008 Nan Goldin. Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night over the Rhône (detail). 1888. Oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Gift of M. and Mme Robert Kahn-Sriber, in memory of M. and Mme Fernand Moch, 1975. © Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY. Photo: Hervé Lewandowski. Salvador Dalí. Set design for the film Spellbound. c. 1945. Oil on masonite. Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, Spain. © 2008 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Richard and Su Rogers. Zip Up Enclosures No. 1 and 2. 1968–71. Model. Image: On behalf of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Berlin Street Scene (detail). 1913. Oil on canvas. Neue Galerie New York and Private Collection. © 2008 Ingeborg and Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern. STRiDA 5.0 Bicycle. The Agnes Gund Garden Lobby at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Stephanie Goralnick. Monsieur Beaucaire. 1924. USA. Directed by Sidney Olcott. Stan Douglas. Still from Hors-champs (detail). 1992. Two-channel video installation. Courtesy of Stan Douglas. Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe (detail). 1962. Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas. The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2008 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Mika Ronkainen. Huutajat—The Screaming Men (detail). 2003. Finland. Still image from video. Courtesy the artist

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This Month at MoMA - Vincent van Gogh