Art Insights

Dec 14, 2025–Jul 25, 2026 MoMA Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination is an evocative exhibition exploring the profound power of photographic portraits to inspire political imagination and solidarity across the African continent during the pivotal mid-20th century. This groundbreaking exhibition gathers a rich collection of striking photographs by pioneering artists who documented everyday […]

Through Jul 20, 2025 MoMA Video After Video showcases nearly two decades of creative output by CAMP, a Mumbai-based collaborative artists’ studio founded in 2007. Utilizing accessible technologies such as CCTV, cell phone cameras, and the internet, CAMP reimagines how we interact with the omnipresent visual systems surrounding us daily. The exhibition features three pivotal

Mar 12–23, 2025 MoMA In the performance piece Jacklean (in rehearsal), choreographer and dancer Mariana Valencia, in collaboration with artist and musician Jazmin “Jazzy” Romero, probes the ways in which artists embody and portray their communities. This work is an inventive fusion of improvisatory dance, live music, and language, where movement and sound engage in

Through Aug 2 MoMA Jack Whitten, born in 1939 in Bessemer, Alabama, transformed righteous anger into visionary beauty through his multifaceted artistic practice. Emerging from the upheavals of the segregated South and the Civil Rights movement, Whitten relocated to New York in 1960 and embarked on a groundbreaking career that spanned six decades and multiple

Through Spring 2026 MoMA Odili Donald Odita’s monumental commission in MoMA’s lobby transforms the space with vibrant colors and abstract patterns that cascade like a kaleidoscope around visitors. The artist uniquely draws inspiration from music, marking its first time as the primary creative fuel in his process. Odita’s expansive floor-to-ceiling installation, painted over six weeks

Through Sep 13 MoMA Textiles are woven into the fabric of our lives and history, shaping how we perceive meaning and art. As Anni Albers insightfully remarked in 1965, “Threads were among the earliest transmitters of meaning.” Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction explores the profound relationship between textile art and the evolution of abstraction.

Through Jul 6, 2025 MoMA Rosa Barba’s exhibition The Ocean of One’s Pause presents a comprehensive exploration of the artist’s fifteen-year engagement with the medium of film, encompassing conceptual investigations that blend historical documentation with sensory encounters. Barba’s work often contemplates the dynamic interplay of time and space, using cinema to investigate the vibratory nature

Through Sep 27 MoMA In the spring and summer of 1919 and 1920, during an immersive period devoted to nature observation, Hilma af Klint created nearly daily studies of flowers. This exhibition highlights a newly acquired portfolio of her jewel-toned watercolors, revealing af Klint’s acute attention to the natural world’s cycles and abundance during the

Through Oct 13 MoMA British artist Ufuoma Essi explores the complexity of historical memory and Black lived experiences through evocative Super 8mm films. Born and based in southeast London, Essi challenges dominant archival narratives that often marginalize Black histories by integrating personal memory, found footage, and inspirations from Black feminist theory and performance. Her work

Through Jun 21, 2026 MoMA Face Value offers a revealing exploration of the intricate processes behind the 20th-century Hollywood star system’s construction of celebrity. Before the digital era, film studios meticulously crafted and manipulated photographic portraits of their contracted actors to cultivate glamour and public appeal. This exhibition delves into the pre-digital techniques such as