EEUU: Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York / MOMA:WOMEN's WORK

Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography

May 7, 2010–March 21, 2011

The Edward Steichen Photography Galleries, third floor
For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present. Including over two hundred works, this exhibition features celebrated masterworks and new acquisitions from the collection by such figures as Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. The exhibition also highlights works drawn from a variety of curatorial departments, including Bottoms, a large-scale Fluxus wallpaper by Yoko Ono.

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The exhibition is organized by Roxana Marcoci, Curator; Sarah Meister, Curator; and Eva Respini, Associate Curator, Department of Photography. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with MoMA’s publication of Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art (June 2010), and is made possible by the Modern Women’s Fund.

Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography

Ilse Bing. Self-Portrait in Mirrors. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 10 1/2 x 12" (26.8 x 30.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Joseph G. Mayer Fund. © 2010 The Ilse Bing Estate/Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery >






This month at MoMA, four stellar exhibitions focus on the contributions of women artists to the modern canon: in the galleries, Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography and Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions, 1940s to Now; in the theaters, tributes to Iris Barry, MoMA's first film curator, and experimental film pioneer Maya Deren. May events include an in-depth conversation with artists Danh Vo and Julie Ault (May 10) and a spectacular Party in the Garden (May 25) featuring a performance by Karen O and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And in Queens, MoMA PS1 pulls out all the stops with Greater New York (opens May 23). Don't miss this exciting exhibition of up-and-coming NYC artists, which recurs just once every five years and has previously introduced the likes of SWOON and Banks Violette.