Fri, Sep 11 | from WNYC
Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson discusses his career. The film series "Filmmaker in Focus: Roy Anderson" is playing at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, September 10-18. For more information and screening schedule, visit www.moma.org. Events: Roy Andersson with be introduci...
Hear about the life of movie pioneer producer, writer, and swashbuckling star Douglas Fairbanks. He’s the subject of a new film retrospective at MoMA, "Laugh and Live: The Films of Douglas Fairbanks," Dec. 17 through Jan. 12; there’s also a new DVD set of his films just out from Flicker Alley....
Tue, Dec 16 | from WNYC
Spanish painter Joan Miro once said, "I want to assassinate painting." A new exhibit at MoMA, "Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937," looks at how that decade transformed and invigorated Miro’s work; Ann Umland is curator; Joan Punyet Miro is the artist's grandson and manag...
Mon, Oct 27 | from WNYC
Paola Antonelli, Architecture & Design curator at NY's Museum of Modern Art, discusses a new exhibit that shows how design can transform so-called disruptive technologies, complex data, and scientific breakthroughs in surprising and creative works
Wed, Feb 27 | from BusinessWeek
MUSIC: If you don't mind getting wet, we'd suggest heading over to the MLK Jr. Concert Series tonight. Get nostalgic with Philly's own Boys II Men. The group created a ton of guilty pleasure songs that still take up space in iPods nationwide. American Idol's Ruben Studdard also performs. Call (...
Sun, Jul 22 | from Gothamist
Director Gary Hustwit has been accompanying the film to screenings and Q&As at festivals, cultural institutions and AIGA chapters in the U.S. and Europe, almost every single one of which has sold out. Over 50 cities have scheduled screenings, and more dates continue to be added as the b...
Fri, May 11 | from core77.com's design blog
Barry Bergdoll, a prominent art historian and chair of the Department of Art History at Columbia University, will become the chief curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art on January 1, 2007.
Mon, Aug 28 | from BusinessWeek
A new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art pulls together drawings, paintings, sculpture and, of course, films from throughout animation studio Pixar's 20-year history.
Mon, Dec 19 | from BusinessWeek
Philanthropist David Rockefeller marked his 90th birthday this year with two mega gifts: He pledged $100 million to the Museum of Modern Art and $100 million to Rockefeller University. He'll provide both institutions with $5 million a year until his death, when they will receive the gif...
Sun, Nov 27 | from BusinessWeek