Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Parts 1 and 2)

Documentary, Foreign language

• $

Yes, you read that correctly: It’s six hours and change, and that’s only the first and second parts. The entire movie—a documentary portrait of an industrial district in northeastern China—runs roughly nine hours. There will be a 60-minute intermission...

A Closer Look for Kids

Art

• Free

This weekend activity gives youngsters a tour of MoMA’s permanent collections and temporary exhibits. Little ones are encouraged to voice their opinions about what they dig (Mom and Dad can, too). Tickets will be distributed on the day of the program,...

Tours for Fours

Art

• Free

Parents and kids tour MoMA’s galleries in a fun and engaging way, sharing their ideas about the art and having questions answered by museum educators. A new theme is introduced each month, so you and your tot can get the scoop on everyone from Rauschenberg...

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Part 3)

Documentary, Foreign language

• $

This is the final part of Wang's epic documentary of an industrial district in northeastern China.

"Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light"

Photography

• Rating: 5/5
• $$
• Critics' pick

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...

Claes Oldenburg, The Street and The Store + Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing

Installation, Mixed media, Sculpture

• Critics' pick

MoMA showcases immersive environments representing, respectively, the beginnings and high-water mark of the protean Pop Art sculptor's career. The sixth-floor gallery hosts The Street and The Store, both products of the early-’60s East Village milieu...

"Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light"

Design

• $$

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,...

"Hand Signals: Digits, Fists, and Talons"

Prints & editions

• $$

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