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Museum of Modern Art

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Image:MoMa NY USA 1.jpg thumb|right|200px|View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. The '''Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)''' is an museum art museum located in Midtown (Manhattan) Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The museum is often considered a rival to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, although their collections do not greatly overlap.

History
The Museum of Modern Art was founded in 1929 by a triumvirate of patrons: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Mary Sullivan, and Lillie P. Bliss. At the time, no New York museum was devoted exclusively to modern art. Under the guidance of its first director, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the museum's holdings quickly expanded from an initial gift of eight prints and one drawing. First housed in six rooms of galleries and offices in Manhattan's Hecksher Building, the museum moved into three more temporary locations within the next ten years. MoMA's permanent and current home, designed in the International Style (architecture) International Style by the modernist architects Philip L. Goodwin and Edward Durell Stone, opened to the public on May 10, 1939.

Artworks
Considered by many to have the best collection of modern masterpieces in the world, MoMA's holdings include more than 150,000 individual pieces in addition to approximately 22,000 films and four million film stills. The collection houses such important and familiar works as: *''Starry Night'' by Vincent van Gogh, *''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'' by Pablo Picasso, *''The Persistence of Memory'' by Salvador Dalí, *''Broadway Boogie Woogie'' by Piet Mondrian, *''Water Lilies'' triptych by Claude Monet, *''Dance'' by Henri Matisse, *''The Bather'' by Paul Cézanne, *''Self-Portrait With Cropped Hair'' by Frida Kahlo Image:Moma-inside.jpg thumb|right|200px|Inside the MoMA building. It also holds works by leading American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, and Ralph Bakshi. MoMA developed a world-renowned art photography collection, first under Edward Steichen and then John Szarkowski, as well as an important film collection under the Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Video. MoMA also has an important design collection, which includes works from such legendary designers as Paul László, the Charles and Ray Eames Eameses, Isamu Noguchi, and George Nelson (designer) George Nelson. The design collection also contains many industrial and manufactured pieces, ranging from a self-aligning ball bearing to an entire Bell 47 Bell 47D1 helicopter.

Renovation
MoMA's Midtown location underwent extensive renovations in the 2000s, closing on May 21, 2002 and reopening to the public in a building redesigned by the Japan Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi on November 20, 2004. From June 29, 2002 until September 27, 2004, a portion of its collection was on display in what was dubbed '''MoMA QNS''', a former Swingline staple factory in Long Island City, Queens. MoMA's reopening brought controversy as its admission cost increased from US$12 to US$20, making it one of the most expensive museums in the city; however it has free entry to all on Fridays after 4 p.m., thanks to sponsorship from Target Stores.

Affiliations
MoMA has been affiliated with P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center since January 2000.

Gallery of some works on display
Image:VanGogh-starry night.jpg|''Starry Night'' by Vincent van Gogh Image:Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.jpg|''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'' by Pablo Picasso Image:The Persistence of Memory.jpg|''The Persistence of Memory'' by Salvador Dalí Image:Mondrian broadway boogie-woogie.gif|''Broadway Boogie Woogie'' by Piet Mondrian Image:GE90-115B-Blade.jpg|General Electric Aircraft Engines General Electric General Electric GE90 GE90-115B fanblade

See also
*List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City *Education in New York City

External links


Official sites

- Museum of Modern Art official site

Guides
*Insecula *
- Modern Art: The Museum of Modern Art *
- Contemporary Art: Museum of Modern Art
- Art Mobs: MoMA Audioguides (unofficial exhibit audioguides)

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