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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is located at 11 West 53 Street, New York, New York. The institution was founded in 1929. It is one of the most influential modern art museums in the world. MoMA’s collection includes over 200,000 works of modern and contemporary art featuring pieces by artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Picasso and Andy Warhol. Notable works include Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” and Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans.” The museum is housed in a building designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi with subsequent expansions. MoMA hosts major exhibitions such as “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs” and “Picasso Sculpture.” The museum also offers a variety of educational programs, film screenings and public events making it a central hub for modern art and culture. Read more about Museums.

An installation view shows a shiny, brightly colored sculpture of oversized metallic balloon-like flowers displayed in a white museum gallery.

The Crisis of the Museum Is the Crisis of the White Cube

The white cube created an environment of concentration and contemplation that reinforced the idea of art as an autonomous sphere separated from everyday life, but what was once its greatest strength has become its greatest weakness.
By Paco Barragán

Tinashe and Rebecca Black Electrified MoMA’s 2026 Party in the Garden

New York City's Museum of Modern Art brought together entrepreneurs, artists, collectors and philanthropists for a dinner honoring Betye Saar and Martin Puryear that gave way to a late-night dance party.
By Michaela Zee
North of Spain

How Outposts Turned the World’s Greatest Museums into Instruments of Soft Power

When cities pay hundreds of millions for a Louvre or Guggenheim, the masterpieces don't always follow.
By Daniel Grant
A small altered reproduction of the Mona Lisa features a drawn mustache and goatee, with the inscription “L.H.O.O.Q.” written below the image.

Marcel Duchamp at MoMA: Five Revelations From the Artist’s First North American Survey in Over 50 Years

By Elisa Carollo
Christie's, Lot 9: Sanyu's Cheval agenouillé sur un tapis (Kneeling Horse on Carpet), 1950s–1960s, hammering at HK$52,000,000. The auctioneer's raised hand signals the final bid. Suggested caption: "Sanyu's Cheval agenouillé sur un tapis hammers at HK$52 million at Christie's Hong Kong, March 27, 2026.

Across the Major Houses, Hong Kong’s March Sales Confirm a New Collecting Maturity

By Elisa Carollo
A visitor holds up a smartphone inside the Met, using augmented reality to view a digital Indigenous artwork layered over a marble sculpture of a reclining figure

How Digital Placemaking Is Redefining the Modern Museum

By YuJune Park and Caspar Lam
A wooden hand holding a large gold coin meant to represent Bitcoin

A Collector’s Guide to Non-Cash Museum Donations

By Daniel Grant
Henrique Faria

Henrique Faria On Venezuelan Art and Cultural Persistence

By Elisa Carollo
A painting by Frida Kahlo shows a woman sleeping in a yellow bed while a skeletal figure lies on a second bed stacked above her against a cloudy sky background.

Observer’s Must-See Museum Shows of 2026

By Elisa Carollo
Kennedy Center Adds Trump's Name To Building

The Defining Art World Moments of 2025, According to the Art Daddy

By The Art Daddy
A rooftop installation of Christmas trees at DUMBO House, each tree decorated with multicolored lights and playful, fabric-covered arms reaching outward, set against sweeping views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline at dusk.

10 New York Museum Shows Worth Slowing Down for Over the Holidays

By Elisa Carollo

The Best Holiday Gifts for the Art Lovers and Artists On Your List

By Christa Terry
A wide view of Paula Cooper Gallery’s main room shows four large abstract oil paintings by Jay DeFeo hanging on white walls under a high wooden ceiling with exposed beams. The concrete floor reflects the muted light, emphasizing the tension between the dark, moody compositions and the open, minimal space.

Five Groundbreaking Postwar Women Artists Lead New York’s Fall Art Season

By Elisa Carollo

Observer’s 2025 Art Power Index: The Art Market’s Most Influential People

By The Editors, Christa Terry, Dan Duray, Elisa Carollo, Farah Abdessamad and Merin Curotto
A minimalist installation in a bright, white-walled gallery features a dark rectangular panel mounted on the wall, displaying rows of seemingly random white letters and numbers resembling an encrypted code or departure board. In front of it stands a small wooden kneeler with a cushioned pad and an attached cable, evoking a mix of prayer and machine interface. Large windows on the right side let in natural light, illuminating the polished concrete floor and serene, contemplative atmosphere.

Art Basel Launches Zero 10, a New Platform for Digital Art in the Era of Next Gen Collecting

By Elisa Carollo
'Canyon', one of the pieces in the Combines exhibition at MOCA by Robert Rauschenberg: Combines ope

Destruction, Donation, Disposition: The Strange Economics of Unsellable Art

By Daniel Grant
A woman sits in a light-filled room beside a large framed artwork depicting a flowing, abstract horse-like figure created by artist Jenni Pasanen.

Aleksandra Artamonovskaja On Technology’s Role in Art’s Evolution

By Elisa Carollo
Historic two-story corner building at 201–225 Hamilton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto, built in 1909, with green awnings and a curved façade in early 20th-century architectural style.

Hauser & Wirth Heads to Palo Alto as Mega-Galleries Target Silicon Valley

By Elisa Carollo
Edmund Lowe bites Dolores del Rio's chin.

MoMA’s “Face Value” Invites Us to Turn a Critical Eye Toward Our Image-Obsessed Culture

By Hudson Warm
A performer in a textured black garment leans toward a glowing circular sculpture made of red film reels during a live performance in Rosa Barba’s installation at MoMA. Behind her, a projection screen displays the words “THERE TOO,” while musicians and audience members are visible in the background among sculptural elements and suspended structures.

Rosa Barba Reimagines Cinematic Space With Light, Sound and Time at MoMA

By Elisa Carollo
A man in black uses a tiny spoon to pour honey from a dish onto a piece of fried chicken topped with fancy coleslaw

Michelin Stars and the Museum Café: These Art Institutions Serve Up More Than Culture

By Daniel Grant
Visitors look at the Winged Victory of Samothrace (Victoire de Samothrace) ancient Greek sculpture at The Louvre Museum in Paris.

The Louvre and Other French Institutions Prepare to Raise Ticket Prices for Non-E.U. Visitors

By Elisa Carollo

New York Art Stars Toast Lowry’s Tenure: Inside MoMA’s 2025 Party in the Garden

By Hudson Warm
A crowded art auction is taking place at Sotheby’s. The auctioneer stands at a white podium on the right, with “Sotheby’s” branding behind him. Three artworks are prominently displayed on the walls: a colorful abstract piece in the center, a stylized portrait on the left, and a pop-art painting spelling “ART” on the right. Two attendants in white shirts and navy aprons stand on either side of the central artwork, while a third is seated beside a sculpture on the far left. The audience is composed of seated individuals attentively facing the stage.

Sotheby’s Closes Marquee Week With $186.1M in Contemporary Sales

By Elisa Carollo
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