MoMA’s former director on how to handle artists and billionaires

The art-world luminary on the power of stress, why museums should never issue statements and whether art should be considered ...
Hyperallergic

MoMA Installs Works by Artists from Countries Targeted by Trump’s Travel Ban

In an unprecedented gesture, the museum has replaced works in its permanent collection galleries with eight by artists from Muslim-majority nations named in Trump's executive order. Installation view ...
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MoMA honors one of this country’s greatest artists: Ruth Asawa

In 1946, frustrated by the racism she experienced as she sought to become a teacher, artist Ruth Asawa enrolled at Black Mountain College, a cauldron of creativity that attracted some of the most ...
Hyperallergic

45 Military Veteran Artists Urge MoMA to Divest From “Toxic Philanthropy” in Open Letter

MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, New York (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) Scrutiny over the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) board members continues, now coming from a group of veterans. Some 45 ...
Artnet

Ruth Asawa’s ‘Radically Broad and Diverse’ Practice Shines at MoMA

The delicate, woven wire sculptures of Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) are having a major moment at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where the late Bay Area artist’s first posthumous ...
Observer

MoMA PS1’s ‘The Gatherers’ Rejects Climate Catastrophism in Favor of Resilient Resourcefulness

Tolia Astakhishvili, Wicked Plans, 2025. Mixed-media installation with works by Maka Sanadze and Zurab Astakhishvili. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Kris Graves It may not be the first—or the ...
The New York Times

MoMA’s Hunt for a New Director Ends With the Ascension of an Insider

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is promoting Christophe Cherix, the chief curator of its drawings and prints department. It will be his first time leading an institution. By Zachary Small and ...
The New York Times

He’s Left MoMA Smarter, Richer and at a Crossroads

Glenn D. Lowry led the Museum of Modern Art for longer than anyone. But the institution he reconstructed (twice) is facing all-new trials. Critic’s Notebook Glenn D. Lowry led the Museum of Modern Art ...