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October is a busy month at MoMA and P.S.1. Enjoy an evening of poetry dedicated to Vincent van Gogh in the Sculpture Garden, political discussions with artists whose work addresses the presidential campaigns, new fall exhibitions at P.S.1, and an all-new season of Modern Mondays in the MoMA theaters. Finally, don't miss your last chance to walk through Home Delivery's five full-scale prefab houses.

The Printed Picture
October 17–June 1

More than one hundred works featured in Richard Benson's book The Printed Picture—published this month by MoMA—trace the history of image making, from woodblocks and engravings to today's digital innovations.

Batiste Madalena: Hand-Painted Film Posters for the Eastman Theatre, 1924–1928
October 15–April 6

Batiste Madalena's brilliantly colored, striking poster designs attracted filmgoers to the legendary Eastman Theatre in the early 1920s. This installation presents 53 of the approximately 250 original works that survive.

Kirchner and the Berlin Street
Through November 10
View the online exhibition
Purchase the exhibition catalogue

"Kirchner's breakneck hand manifests the frenzy of early modernism."—The Village Voice

New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky
Through January 5
Watch installation on YouTube

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.

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night
Through January 5
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Purchase the exhibition catalogue

"It provides a view of the tenderness, urgency, and brilliance at the core of his art, as well as the openness to nature that set it aflame."—The New York Times
Timed entry is required for nonmembers. Find out more.

Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art
Through March 23

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


Also on view: Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, Projects 88: Lucy McKenzie, Looking at Music, 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, George Lois: The Esquire Covers, and more.


Complete exhibition schedule


To Save and Project: The Sixth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
October 24–November 16

MoMA's annual film preservation festival opens with Melvin Van Peebles introducing a new restoration of his landmark 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

Also on view: Delwende and Some African Films from the Collection, Ken Jacobs: Filmmaker Extraordinaire, Amos Gitai: Non-Fiction, Hollywood on the Hudson: Filmmaking in New York, 1920–39, and more.

Complete film exhibition schedule

Program and Events

A Night Reading: An Evening of Poetry Dedicated to Vincent van Gogh
Monday, October 6, 6:30 p.m.
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Home Made: Five Perspectives on Prefabrication
Wednesday, October 15, 6:30 p.m.
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Free Teen Nights at MoMA
October 24 & 31, 4:00–8:00 p.m
FREE drop-in program for high school students

A Conversation between Joan Punyet Miró and Anne Umland
Thursday, October 30, 7:00 p.m.
Located at The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, New York University. Call (212) 998-8255 for information & tickets.

Complete programs and events schedule

MoMA Collection Highlight
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith
October 19–January 26

A multigenerational group of North, South, and Central American artists address ritual and spirituality in the artistic process in NeoHooDoo. Also opening on October 19 are Gino De Dominicis, Leandro Erlich: Swimming Pool, and Yael Bartana.

Complete P.S.1 schedule

 

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Images, from top: Mircea Cantor. Deeparture (detail). 2005. 16mm film transferred to video (color, silent). The Museum of Modern Art. Fund for the Twenty-First Century. © 2008 Mircea Cantor. Image courtesy of the artist and Yvon Lambert Paris/New York. Unknown photographer. Detail from Mrs. Elizabeth W. Morton, aged 18. 1845. Wood engraving. Print: Engraved by R. G. Tietze from a daguerreotype. The Century magazine, 1894. The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of Richard Benson. Batiste Madalena. Poster for So This Is Marriage. 1924. Tempera on poster board. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Women on the Street (detail). 1915. Oil on canvas. Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany. Photo: Peter Frese. © 2008 Ingeborg and Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern. Mikhael Subotzky. Jacks Shines Swanepoel's Shoes, Beaufort West (detail). 2006. Chromogenic color print. © 2008 Mikhael Subotzky. Vincent van Gogh. Landscape with Wheat Sheaves and Rising Moon (detail). 1889. Oil on canvas. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands. David Wojnarowicz. Fire (detail). 1987. Synthetic polymer paint and pasted paper on plywood, two panels. The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of Agnes Gund and Barbara Jakobson Fund. © 2008 Estate of David Wojnarowicz. Issey Miyake. Bilbao Tote. 2007. Joan Miró. The Two Philosophers. 1936. Oil on copper. The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mary and Leigh Block. Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago. © 2008 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. 1971. USA. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Community Programs at MoMA, 2008. Photo: Michael Nagle. Laurie Anderson. Self-Playing Violin. 1974. Modified violin with built-in speaker and amplifier. The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of the AG Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Courtesy of Canal Street Communications. © 2008 Laurie Anderson. Radcliffe Bailey. Storm at Sea (detail). 2006. Piano keys, African sculpture, model boat, paper, acrylic, glitter, and gold leaf. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © 2008 Radcliffe Bailey


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