The Museum of Modern Art’s annual film gala honored the writer and director, attracting a crowd that included Olivia Wilde, Bill Murray and David Letterman. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Museum of Modern Art”
Agnes Gund, Who Oversaw a Major Expansion of MoMA, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2025
A champion of contemporary art, she was the museum’s president for 11 years. She also founded the Art for Justice Fund, donating $100 million. Source: New York Times
Barbara Jakobson, Art World Power Broker in New York, Dies at 92
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2025
A longtime trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, she was a savvy collector who befriended young artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and made her townhouse a showcase. Source: New York Times
Let’s Go, Mets? Sure. But How About Those Starry Knights!
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2022
In this league, the Mets are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Houstons sport the singer’s image on their uniforms. Source: New York Times
Barbara Kruger: A Way With Words
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2022
She created some of the most memorable works of her era. Now the activist-artist is back with two immersive shows, at MoMA and David Zwirner Gallery. Source: New York Times
Museums Change Their Approach to Showing White Male Artists
By Gotham Rex on April 27, 2022
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, business-as-usual gets a rethink. Source: New York Times
Two Employees Stabbed at Museum of Modern Art
By Gotham Rex on March 12, 2022
Both victims were in stable condition. The police said the suspect was a regular patron whose membership had been revoked. Source: New York Times
Can New Yorkers Be Lured Back to the Arts by a Good Deal?
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2022
With two-for-one cocktails at the Met museum and two-for-one Broadway tickets, New York arts institutions are trying to lure back locals after a long, tough winter. Source: New York Times
A Harmonic Convergence of Signature Art Surveys
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2021
Greater New York, the New Museum triennial and the Performa biennial, which all open in October, should allow us to take stock of what the year has wrought. Source: New York Times
Lines Never Felt So Good: Crowds Herald New York’s Reopening
By Gotham Rex on May 31, 2021
Museums broke attendance records, movie theaters sold out and jazz fans packed clubs on a Memorial Day weekend that felt far removed from the prior year’s pandemic traumas. Source: New York Times
MoMA Built a House. Then It Disappeared. Now It’s Found.
By Gotham Rex on May 27, 2021
In 1950, the museum exhibited Gregory Ain’s modernist creation. It’s now nestled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Source: New York Times
Terence Riley, Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
He was the chief architectural curator at MoMA, overseeing shows and the museum’s massive redesign, then moving on to the Miami art world. Source: New York Times
Marie-Josée Kravis to Replace Leon Black as MoMA Chair
By Gotham Rex on April 27, 2021
One month after Black, the embattled investor, said he would not stand for re-election, the museum chose its president emerita to replace him. Source: New York Times
Leon Black to Step Down as MoMA Chairman
By Gotham Rex on March 26, 2021
In the wake of protests from artists and activists over his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the investor agreed not to stand for re-election in June. Source: New York Times
Museums Are Still Open in New York. Here’s What’s on View (for Now).
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2020
Sanford Biggers, Félix Fénéon and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s history of itself are some of the exhibitions that remain open to the public. Source: New York Times