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Our last #MoMAPhotoClub post inspired by “Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers." Thank you everyone for submitting your beautiful photos! Stay tuned on our channels for more #MoMAPhotoClub themes. — [1] tatianakatren [2] monacolor.art [3] tailored.story [4] sophiejarryphotography [5] josh_photos_fuji [6] marjfz [7] thilouou [8] fantastikplastic. All images from Instagram
How can we embrace unpredictability? In MoMA and UNIQLO’s Art for All video series, artist Lotus Kang invites us into her studio and greenhouse where uncertainty forms the foundation of her work. Moving fluidly between sculpture, photography, and installation, Kang embraces what she calls a “sticky wandering process,” in which accidents, time, and materials guide the outcome. Watch more → mo.ma/3U5jZyO UNIQLO is MoMA’s proud partner of #ArtForAll
Calling all families! Join us for a free day of art, nature, and hands-on fun at UNIQLO Family Day on August 2. Get ready for a full day of art and discovery: 🌸 Draw from nature inspired by “Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers” 🖍️ Participate in hands-on art making—from texture drawings to wire creations! 🐘 Watch short films about animals 🧶 Enjoy a textile adventure through “Woven Histories” 📖 Join a read-aloud story time Learn more and register now → mo.ma/3GNaVvB
We are loving your photos from “Jack Whitten: The Messenger!” Artist Jack Whitten transformed personal and political struggle into groundbreaking abstract art. Spanning six decades, this exhibition reveals how he explored race, technology, and history through bold experimentation across monumental paintings, sculptures, and more. 🗓️ Last chance! See the first retrospective of this seminal artist’s dazzling work through August 2 → mo.ma/whitten — All artworks by Jack Whitten. [1] 🖼️ “Flying High For Betty Carter.” 1998. Private collection, Belgium. 📸 boudewijn.dh [2] 🖼️ “Atopolis: For Édouard Glissant.” 2014. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Sid R. Bass, Lonti Ebers, Agnes Gund, Henry and Marie-Josée Kravis, Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley, and Daniel and Brett Sundheim. 📸 cshangm [3] 🖼️ “Self Portrait: Entraintment.” 2008. Jack Whitten Estate, courtesy Hauser & Wirth. 📸an_art_throb [4] 🖼️ “Four Wheel Drive.” 1970. Private collection. 📸 meryapollo._ [5] 🖼️ “Black Monolith IV (For Jacob Lawrence).” 2001. Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan. 📸 miss.dreww [6] 🖼️ “Testing (Slab).” 1972. Private collection, courtesy Anthony Meier. 📸 alonsodiazrickards, janrattia. All images from Instagram
Come for the cool air, stay for the art! Beat the heat this week with a visit to see Claes Oldenburg’s “Giant Soft Fan,” a sculpture the artist envisioned placing on Staten Island to blow cool air toward Manhattan. The larger-than-life fan is on view now in Gallery 413. — Claes Oldenburg. “Giant Soft Fan.” 1966-67. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. © 2025 Claes Oldenburg
Your photos are looking plant-tastic! 🌱 Join the #MoMAPhotoClub! We recently launched a new challenge inspired by artist Hilma af Klint, whose drawings of flowering plants are currently on view at MoMA in "Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers.” Imagine you're capturing the life of a plant. Where do plants grow—wild, tended, or unexpected? How do they change over time? How do people interact with them? Share your photos on Instagram using #MoMAPhotoClub for a chance to be featured on our social media channels. Learn more → mo.ma/photoclub — 📸 [1] joseluisrusaguilar [2] photofolt [3] cusfotografia [4] beyondregensburg_creativephoto [5] picturesbymarek [6] rana.ozturk33 [7] ever.forever.green [8] pommepommenyc all images from Instagram
🎉 Celebrating Edward Hopper’s birthday today with two MoMA firsts! Did you know that Edward Hopper’s “House by the Railroad” was the very 1️⃣st painting to enter the Museum of Modern Art’s collection? Or that the Museum hosted the 1️⃣st major retrospective of Hopper’s work, all the way back in 1933? Hopper was born on this day in 1882 in Nyack, New York. He started out as a commercial illustrator and then gained wider recognition as an etcher, before later becoming best known for his paintings of American landscapes and architecture. As part of the 1933 retrospective of Hopper’s work here at the Museum, the curators dedicated an entire room to his etchings. Swipe through to see some of those that were on view—and celebrate what would have been Hopper’s 143rd birthday. — All artworks by Edward Hopper. [1] “House by the Railroad.” 1925. Given anonymously [2] “Gas.” 1940. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund [3] “East Side Interior.” 1922. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller [4] “The Catboat.” 1922. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller [5] Barry Kramer. “Josephine Hopper, Edward Hopper, and Monroe Wheeler at the opening ceremonies of the 25th Anniversary of The Museum of Modern Art.” October 19, 1954. Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. © Barry Kramer
Make an octopus dish inspired by Jack Whitten! 🐙 Starting in 1969, Jack Whitten spent every summer in Greece, where he fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea, swimming, fishing, and cooking octopus—and making sculptures with hand-carved wood and found objects. Whitten’s appreciation for octopus even extended beyond the kitchen, inspiring a mosaic he installed in the courtyard of his house in Greece. Chef Mina Stone recreates the artist’s favorite dish using his recipe but also adding in some of her own elements to create a magical plate filled with complex, fresh, can’t-stop-eating-this flavor. “I find that an artist’s recipe is often a direct reflection of their work—just remixed in a different medium. When I think about the DNA of Greek food, olive oil and wine are certainly at the top of the list.”—Mina Stone 🍽️ Read more about Whitten’s favorite recipe on #MoMAMagazine and make the recipe for yourself → mo.ma/4lsZJDr 🗓️ Last chance! See the first retrospective of this pathbreaking artist’s dazzling work through August 2. — [1] Whitten in Agia Galini. 1978. Jack Whitten Estate, courtesy Hauser & Wirth [2] Whitten with his mosaic depicting an octopus, Agia Galini, 2000. Photograph courtesy Jack Whitten Estate and Hauser & Wirth
“Reubens saw Pee-wee Herman as a Conceptual art project.”—Matt Wolf, director of Emmy-nominated documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” As Pee-wee Herman, his famous character and alter ego, Paul Reubens brought influences ranging from Gary Panter’s underground comics to Frank Capra’s Hollywood films to the art of Andy Warhol to his singular television show. “Art was a lived experience in which disciplines all blurred together,” Wolf says. Read more about the serious artist at the core of the beloved children’s entertainer on #MoMAMagazine → mo.ma/3IyNGFX — [1] Paul Reubens in a still from “Pee-wee As Himself.” 2025. USA. Directed by Matt Wolf. Image courtesy Getty/HBO [2] Feeding the dog on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” From “Pee-wee As Himself.” 2025. USA. Directed by Matt Wolf. Image courtesy HBO/Pee-wee Herman Productions, Inc.