News on The Museum of Modern Art

TV Trump Apprentice

2010-03-17T14:33:40Z

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2009 file photo, Donald Trump attends the screening of "The September Issue " at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

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NYC art exhibit includes nude pair standing still

2010-03-16T06:15:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Nude performance art causes some discomfort at NYC retrospective of performance artist's work</div><div><p>Laurence Lallier slipped carefully between two naked women facing each other in a narrow doorway at the Museum of Modern Art.</p><p>"I didn't want to step on their feet," said Lallier, a student from ...

Art in the flesh causes discomfort at NYC museum

2010-03-15T06:15:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Nudity still shocks! NYC exhibit with naked performers in narrow doorway causes discomfort</div><div><p>A new exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art is causing discomfort among some visitors by bringing them close to nude performers — some might say too close.</p><p>Two nude performers stand inches apart in a...

Contemporary art shines at New York's Armory Show

2010-03-04T10:18:22Z

<div><p>New York's annual Armory Show, the biggest window on contemporary art in the United States, has opened with hopes of injecting energy and cash into the city's recession-hit art scene.</p><p>"This fair shows the vitality and internationalism of New York. All these exhibitions are part of what makes New York so exciting," said NEW YORK - MARCH 03: The band Human Rights pose at the opening night benefit For The Armory Show 2010 at The Museum of Modern Art on March 3, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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William Kentridge & Yin Xiuzhen Opening Night Reception At The MoMA

2010-02-23T21:32:33Z

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 23: Guests attend the opening night reception for "William Kentridge: Five Themes" and "Projects 92: Yin Xiuzhen" at The Museum of Modern Art on February 23, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Actress Demi Moore and husband, actor Ashton Kutcher, attend a special screening of 'Happy Tears" hosted by The Cinema Society and Donna Karan at the Museum of Modern Art...

Fashion Marchesa

2010-02-09T12:32:28Z

FILE-This Aug. 19, 2009 file photo shows Georgina Chapman attending the screening of "The September Issue " at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer,File)

MoMA to stage Cartier-Bresson retrospective

2010-02-22T14:29:10Z

<div><p>New York's Museum of Modern Art Tuesday announced plans to stage the first major retrospective in the United States for three decades of French photography master Henri Cartier-Bresson.</p><p>The exhibition from April 11 thr...

Keep the Conversation Interesting

2010-02-22T22:47:05Z

People often think that being a clever conversationalist means that you always have something witty to say and can talk nonstop. Not much is farther from the truth.<br><br>Being a good conversationalist has everything to do with being a good listener.<br>The best way to keep the conversation interesting is to hone your attention completely on the person you are speaking to. Focus your laser gaze on the person you are speaking with to the exclusion of ...

Q&A with Quentin Tarantino at MoMA Screening of "Inglourious Basterds"

2009-12-17T22:31:09Z

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 17: (L-R) Producer Harvey Weinstein, film critic Elvis Mitchell, director Quentin Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender attend a screening of "Inglourious Basterds" at George Stephanopoulos attends the Starz screening of "Head Case" at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

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A tourist's Christmas in Midtown: First, the tree

2010-02-23T19:29:21Z

<div id="subtitle">A tourist's Christmas in Midtown: Start with the Rock Center tree</div><div><p>A tourist's Christmas in midtown Manhattan has a logical starting place: Rockefeller Center, with the famous tree and ice skating rink,

The Cinema Society & Bing Host Screening of "A Single Man" - Arrivals

2009-12-06T20:45:24Z

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 06: TV Personality Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl attend a special screening of "A Single Man" hosted by The Cinema Society and Bing at MOMA on December 6, 2009 in

DeCarava, photographer who recorded Harlem, dies

2010-02-24T12:36:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Roy DeCarava, photographer who captured Harlem's everyday life and jazz greats, dies</div><div><p>Roy DeCarava, a photographer whose black and white images captured Harlem's everyday life and the jazz greats who performed there, has died. He was 89.</p><p>DeCarava died in

MoMA 82-story tower approved by NYC Council

2010-02-24T12:47:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Proposed Museum of Modern Art 82-story, 1,000-foot tower gets NYC Council final approval</div><div><p>A proposal for a new 82-story tower next to the Museum of Modern Art has cleared its final hurdle.</p><p>The New York City Council voted Wedn...

Nancy Spero, feminist artist, dies at 83 in NYC

2010-02-24T16:05:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Feminist artist Nancy Spero, whose work was in collections of MOMA and Whitney, dies at 83</div><div><p>Feminist artist Nancy Spero, whose works have been included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the Reuters) - Several prominent collectors disappeared altogether and Britain's Damien Hirst went into freefall in the latest list of contemporary art's 100 most powerful figures.</p><p>But while the financial crisis claimed plenty of victims from a...

'Whirlwind' Swiss curator tops modern art's power players

2010-02-24T18:47:45Z

<div><p>Swiss curator Hans Ulrich Obrist was named the most powerful figure in the contemporary art world on Thursday, but Britain's Damien Hirst tumbled almost 50 places in ArtReview magazine's "power 100" list.</p><p>Obrist, co-director of exhibitions and pr...

NYC planners: cut 200 feet from MoMA tower design

2010-02-25T09:10:48Z

<div id="subtitle">NYC Planning Commission: Museum of Modern Art tower must be redesigned shorter by 200 feet</div><div><p>New York City's Planning Commission says a proposed tower next to the Museum of Modern Art is too high.</p><p>The commission approved the tower Wednesday —...