MoMA PS1

Turns out the shorter days do in fact have an upside—experiencing sunset in James Turrell's "Meeting".

📍Plan your visit at momaps1.org/visit. Admission is always free for New Yorkers!

Next month, "The Fortune Society: Future Freedoms" opens at MoMA PS1!

Returning to our Homeroom space, is a Long Island City-based non-profit organization that promotes alternatives to and supports successful reentry from incarceration. "Future Freedoms" is the culmination of a four-year collaboration between MoMA PS1 and the Fortune Society and features new works created while in residence at MoMA PS1, alongside artists Jenny P***k and Laura Cerón Melo. The exhibition includes self-portraits, garments, poetry, pennants, sculptures, audio recordings, a billboard, and a music video. Reckoning with the aftermaths of incarceration, "The Fortune Society: Future Freedoms" imagines a more just future enacted through creativity.

"The Fortune Society: Future Freedoms" opens at MoMA PS1 on November 14. Learn more at: https://www.momaps1.org/en/programs/506-the-fortune-society-future-freedoms

🎨: Installation view of "We Choose to Bloom" in Homeroom. 📸: Noel Woodford

There’s nothing scarier than arriving underdressed. 💀

Before the tricks tonight, here’s a treat—check out some of our favorite looks from Night at the Museum: The Return of HalloQueens, an unforgettable Halloween bash with nightlife legend .

We’re still speechless from the boundary-pushing performances, subterranean sets, pyrotechnic brassieres, and body paint. So much body paint.

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Free tickets for the New York premiere of Ralph Lemon’s latest performance, "Tell it anyway" are now available!

Join us on November 14 for the opening performance of Ralph's exhibition "Ceremonies Out of the Air." For this performance, Lemon and his collaborators weave abstract movement and song lyrics into an explosive examination of memory, race, and impermanence. With music composed by Kevin Beasley, "Tell it anyway" was commissioned by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

"Tell it anyway" will be performed at MoMA PS1 on November 14 at 7 p.m. and November 16 at 4 p.m., and each performance runs approximately 70 minutes without intermission. All performances are free with RSVP.

Reserve your tickets now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tell-it-anyway-ceremonies-out-of-the-air-tickets-1037190583957?aff=social

“I hope that if people were to experience the exhibition, they would see ‘the many lives of images... Storytelling is a lot more than telling stories. I’m always interested in looking at photography as a range rather than a category.’”— Sohrab Hura

Sohrab Hura was interviewed in Stir Magazine about his recently opened exhibition at MoMA PS1, "Mother". He chatted with the New Delhi-based magazine about how the exhibition relates to storytelling and gardening and why he chose "Mother" as its title.

Read the full interview:
https://www.stirworld.com/inspire-people-what-i-thought-was-a-tree-was-a-forest-sohrab-hura-on-his-experimental-practice

📷: Self-portrait of Sohrab Hura. Courtesy the artist and Experimenter, Kolkata and Mumbai

Zoë Pulley loves "stuff."

She sees everyday objects as holders of both individual and collective memory, and uses them in her installation for "Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023-24" to create an intimate portrait of her family. Zoë incorporates domestic items such as checkered linoleum floors, alphabet magnets, family photos, and protective vinyl plastic covers to create a familiar kitchen space within the gallery.

For her installation, Zoë asked her family members “What is a memory you have with one clothing item from your childhood?” and used their responses to fashion constructed garments, along with three photographic portraits, while audio recordings of their recollections play as if gathered in the gallery for a kitchen discussion.

See her work when you visit MoMA PS1, now through February 10, 2025. Plan your visit at mo.ma/smh24

📸: Kris Graves

"Why does so much art right now look like a mess?" asks Cultured Magazine's Co-Chief Art Critic, John Vincler.

Vincler seeks answers to this question in Jasmine Gregory's recently opened exhibition "Who Wants to Die For Glamour" at MoMA PS1. Made up of paintings, multimedia installations, and video, and featuring the detritus of luxury goods—tissue paper, a Bergdorf Goodman ribbon, an empty Comme des Garçons perfume bottle—the exhibition reflects the difficulty of digesting and producing within hyper-saturated cultural landscapes.

"Gregory creates an installation that feels like an aftermath, the instant when the lights come on at a bar," Vincler said, naming her one of a few artists on view in New York right now who can "make disarray sing."

Read the full article at:
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2024/10/09/messy-art-trend-new-york-galleries

Plan your visit to see "Jasmine Gregory: Who Wants to Die for Glamour" this fall at MoMA PS1.

📸: Steven Paneccasio

This is the museum version of a “photo dump”.

Like your painstakingly chosen selection of 10-20 images for an Instagram post with the caption “Life Lately...,” artist Sohrab Hura has carefully arranged this suite of 56 images, pulled from his series “The Coast”. Affixed to the wall in the corner, the way Sohrab has arranged the images mimics the way a book opens, and references the book he published of this series, which is also on view in the gallery.

These images from “The Coast” were taken in various towns and regions that form the peninsula along the Indian coastline, with a particular focus on an annual religious festival in Tamil Nandu, India. The weeklong festival honors the Hindu goddess Kali who represents both creation and destruction.

In this series, Sohrab emphasizes the coastline as “a metaphor for a ruptured piece of skin barely holding together a volatile state of being ready to explode.” Withholding what is staged or real, his work casts the coastline as a border between not only land and sea, but fact and fiction.

See this work as part of "Sohrab Hura: Mother," now open at MoMA PS1. Plan your visit at: mo.ma/sohrab

📷: Steven Paneccasio & Mason Blake

The only thing scarier than goblins and ghouls is FOMO. 👻

Tickets are going FAST for our Halloween spectacular with on October 25. Get yours before they're gone…tickets will not be sold at the door.

🎟️ Tickets available at: mo.ma/fomo

📸: Charles Roussel

Special thanks to Grailed and Mubi

TONIGHT: Join us for Neighbor Night, a special celebration with music, gallery talks, art-making activities for families, and refreshments. Whether you live in, work in, or love LIC, we hope to see you in the courtyard on this beautiful evening!

Co-hosted by Council Member Julie Won, the event offers after-hours access to all of our galleries, including new exhibitions by Sohrab Hura, Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien, Jasmine Gregory, and Studio Museum Artists in Residence. Plus, bring the little ones for a family art activity led by Teen Art Salon. To celebrate the closing of "Little Manila Queens: Mabuhay!", Jaclyn Reyes of Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts will also deliver a gallery talk.

The night includes music by Record Room, and delicious refreshments provided by LIC businesses like Juliet's Pizza, Levante, Tuk Tuk Long Island City, Atmosphere Brewery, Greats of Craft, Jungly, M. Wells Multisweet, Blend and more!

This event is free with RSVP. Head to: https://www.momaps1.org/en/events/496-neighbor-night to register!

📸: Marissa Alper

Stand clear of the closing doors...Little Manila is leaving the station!

This weekend is your LAST CHANCE to see "Little Manila Queens: Mabuhay!" in Homeroom. The exhibition examines the social impact of migration policies that have deployed Filipino workers outside the Philippines, celebrating the diasporic Filipino communities in Queens and throughout New York City.

Plus, on Saturday, October 19, at 12:30 p.m., join artists from Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts for Balik Sa Bayan, a workshop centering mutual aid efforts to connect communities across borders.

Learn more and plan your visit at the link in bio.

📷: Noel Woodford

Your Saturday just got a lot more art filled! Join us on October 19 for a day of workshops, music, and talks with artists and curators. The best part? It's all FREE and open to the public! 🥳

At 12:30 p.m., participate in a Balikbayan box packing workshop centering mutual aid efforts to connect communities across borders, led by artists from Little Manila Queens.

At 2 p.m., attend "Report Back: Building Movement from the Philippines and Beyond", a panel discussing that addresses the impact of US militarism on global movements for land justice and labor rights.

At 5 p.m., join a roundtable conversation between sonia louise davis, Malcolm Peacock, and Zoe Pulley, the Studio Museum in Harlem’s 2023–24 Artists in Residence. Plus, all day long, hear a playlist on the terrace created by the artists.

From 6 to 8 p.m., check out a DJ set by Anito Soul to celebrate "Offerings for Escalante".

See you there! Plan your visit:
https://www.momaps1.org/en/events/507-open-house

📸: Marissa Alper

Turn a look for the costume contest hosted by Grailed at our Halloween party with Susanne Bartsch next week. Take a stroll down memory lane for some costume inspo.

To enter the contest, get your photo taken at the step & repeat from 8-10 p.m. The Dupont Twins will be judging looks, and the contest for finalists will take place on the main stage at 11 p.m. Grailed prizes will be given to winners and select finalists!
Snag your tickets now: https://mo.ma/3TUyju6

📸: Charles Roussel

Special thanks to MUBI and Grailed

Calling all LIC friends 🗣️ You’re invited to Neighbor Night at MoMA PS1 next Mon, Oct 21, 6–8 p.m.

Whether you live in, work in, or simply love LIC, join us for a special celebration with music, gallery talks, art-making activities for families, and refreshments in the courtyard. Co-hosted by Council Member Julie Won, the event offers after-hours access to all of our galleries, including new exhibitions by Sohrab Hura, Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien, Jasmine Gregory, and Studio Museum artists in residence. The night includes music by Record Room, and delicious refreshments provided by LIC businesses like Juliet's Pizza, Levante, Tuk Tuk, Atmosphere Brewery, Greats of Craft, Jungly, M. Wells, Multisweet, Blend and more! Plus, bring the little ones for a family art activity led by Teen Art Salon. To celebrate the closing of "Little Manila Queens: Mabuhay!", Jaclyn Reyes of Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts will deliver a gallery talk.

This event is free with RSVP: https://www.momaps1.org/en/events/507-open-house

📸: Noel Woodford

Saturday: join us for "Report Back: Building Movement from the Philippines and Beyond", a panel hosted to mark the opening of "Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante" and the closing of "Little Manila Queens: Mabuhay!" in Homeroom.

Featuring cultural and political organizers from the Philippines, its diaspora, and beyond, the panel knits together global perspectives across PS1’s program. The conversation will address the impact of US militarism on global movements for land justice and labor rights, and share strategies for building transnational solidarities. Speakers include Margo Rosales (Malaya New York), Sophie Morada (Bayan USA Northeast), Jamie Tyberg (Nodutdol for Korean Community Development), and Jaclyn Reyes (Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts).

Plan your visit: https://www.momaps1.org/en/events/508-report-back

📷: Ami Lien and Enzo Camacho. "Langit Lupa" (still), 2023. Digital video (color, sound), 56:21 min. Image courtesy the artists and 47 Canal, New York

This giant tree trunk is made out of hand braided synthetic hair.

For his work in "Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023-24", Malcolm Peacock explores Black subjectivity within both natural and built environments. To construct this piece, he spent countless hours meticulously braiding the hair that adorns the exterior of the trunk and forms its bark. Malcolm draws a connection between braiding as an act of care and protection, the resilience and interconnected support systems of Pacific Northwest forests, and how access to nature remains racialized.

See this work when you visit MoMA PS1, now through February 10, 2025. Plan your visit at mo.ma/smh24

📸 : Steven Paneccasio & Kris Graves

✨ Today, three new exhibitions open at MoMA PS1! ✨

"Sohrab Hura: Mother" weaves together bodies of work across photography, film, sound, drawing, painting, and text that explore colonial borders, the trauma of partition, and the changing ecosystem of the Indian subcontinent.

"Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante" includes the US premiere of a newly commissioned film, "Langit Lupa", alongside an installation and works on paper that are deeply entrenched in Philippine struggles of resistance on the island of Negros.

"Jasmine Gregory: Who Wants to Die for Glamour" includes paintings and a large-scale, site-specific installation created for PS1 that straddle excess and dissolution.

See these exhibitions when you visit MoMA PS1! Plan your visit this fall at momaps1.org/visit.

This weekend is your final chance to see "Hard Ground"! Don't miss the magical stone sculptures by Jerry Torre, Kern Samuel's quilted metal sheets, Matt Browning's interlocking carved wood works, and so much more. Hyperallergic's Natalie Haddad describes the exhibition as “a quiet show filled with riches…where the muted palette and subtle objects surround viewers with an array of textures and a push-pull between soft and hard.”

"Hard Ground" closes Monday, October 14. Plan your visit now at mo.ma/hardground

📷: Marissa Alper