Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a New York City art museum founded in 1929, known for collecting and exhibiting modern and contemporary art.

Modern art: Art that challenges inherited traditions through new forms, materials, subjects, or ideas, especially from the late nineteenth century onward. MoMA’s founding mission centered on presenting modern art as a distinct museum subject.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: An American arts patron and cofounder of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her support and collecting helped establish MoMA’s early direction and resources.
The Museum of Modern Art's 1936 Cubism and Abstract Art exhibition: A 1936 MoMA exhibition curated by Alfred H. Barr Jr. that presented a historical account of abstract art. Its diagram and installation gave lasting influence to MoMA’s story of modern art’s development.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: A New York City art museum with encyclopedic collections spanning ancient to contemporary cultures. Its broad historical scope contrasts with MoMA’s concentrated modern and contemporary focus.
The Starry Night: An 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a village beneath a turbulent night sky. MoMA’s display of this painting made it one of the museum’s best-known works.
Contemporary art: Art made by artists living and working in the present period. The museum’s exhibitions and collection extend beyond historical modernism into contemporary practice.
Lillie P. Bliss: An American art collector and philanthropist who helped found the Museum of Modern Art. Her collection and bequest became a major foundation of MoMA’s holdings.
MoMA's 1942 exhibition of Matisse's The Red Studio: A Museum of Modern Art exhibition that brought Henri Matisse’s 1911 painting The Red Studio to public attention. The exhibition helped establish the painting as a landmark in modern art.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: A New York City museum known for modern and contemporary art and its Frank Lloyd Wright building. Its modern-art mission overlaps with MoMA’s, while its architecture and collecting history differ.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: A 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso depicting five women in a brothel, with sharply fractured forms. Its presence in MoMA’s collection anchors the museum’s account of Cubism’s emergence.

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