Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Old Dog

Drama, Foreign language

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This Tibetan drama follows the plight of a family as they decide whether or not to sell their prize mastiff.

Yumen

Documentary, Foreign language

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This experimental doc captures the derelict Chinese town of Yumen, once a booming oil community, now almost entirely depleted.

"Hand Signals: Digits, Fists, and Talons"

Prints & editions

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The hand becomes a feast for the eye in this collection of 20th-century posters and ephemera featuring the appendage as focal point.

"Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light"

Photography

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One of the giants of 20th-century photography, Bill Brandt (1904–1983) is not as well-known as his close contemporaries Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans. This exemplary exhibition of his work, curated by MoMA’s Sarah Hermanson Meister, reappraises...

"Claes Oldenburg: The Street and the Store"

Museums & Attractions, Sculpture

The Pop sculptor's early career is the focus of this exhibit, which looks at two of Oldenburg's installations from the 1960s: The Store, a series of storefronts where he sold his artwork from 1961 to 1964, and The Street, which was first presented at...

"Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light"

Design

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Labrouste (1801–75) pioneered the use of glass and iron to create soaring, light-filled, cathedral-like interiors, like the ones found in his two great libraries, the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève and the Bibliothèque Nationale, both in Paris. This show,...

"Abstract Generation: Now in Print"

Prints & editions

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Contemporary takes on abstraction in print provide the focus for this exhibition, featuring contributions by Cory Arcangel, Tauba Auerbach, Philippe Decrauzat, Liam Gillick, Wade Guyton, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, R. H. Quaytman and Haegue Yang.

"XL: 19 New Acquisitions in Photography"

Photography

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MoMA trots out its latest photographic holdings, which include photos by Robert Frank, Lynn Hershman Leeson and Stephen Shore, among many others.

Projects 100: Akram Zaatari

Film & video

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The Beirut artist presents recent videos, including a YouTube clip compilation that's meant as an exegesis of social media in the Arab world.

"Wait, Later This Will Be Nothing: Editions by Dieter Roth"

Prints & editions

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As with the rest of his art, Roth pushed the envelope hard when it came to publishing editioned multiples, using everything from chocolate and rabbit turds to sausages and stale croissants as materials. In fact, some of the most radical artworks of his...