The Risk of Feeding a Cultural Food Chain

The Risk of Feeding a Cultural Food Chain

A few months back, we discussed the importance of cultural heritage and taking ownership of your own culture, while educating yourself about those around you. Cultural pride can help one to cultivate one’s own identity, which can be difficult to do in large cities,...
Cultivators of Culture: MoMA PS1

Cultivators of Culture: MoMA PS1

What we know today as MoMA PS1 is not the same institution as it was when it first began as an entity of the Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc.–over forty years ago. Founded by Alanna Heiss in 1971, PS1’s first major exhibition at its Queens...
Control The Rain This Summer At MoMA

Control The Rain This Summer At MoMA

Although rainy days may be the farthest thing from your mind during New York City’s sunny summer, you’re not going to want to miss Rain Room at the Museum of Modern Art. Presented by Random International as part of the MoMA PS1 exhibition, EXPO 1: New York, Rain Room...
Miranda July Transforms an Inbox into a Canvas

Miranda July Transforms an Inbox into a Canvas

Miranda July is most known for her filmmaking and writing, which capture provocative and unusual portrayals of humanity. Her first independent feature-length film, You and Me and Everyone We Know, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, won critical acclaim and...
The Best of Friends: Ellsworth Kelly and MoMA

The Best of Friends: Ellsworth Kelly and MoMA

Ellsworth Kelly and the Museum of Modern Art—MoMa for short—go way back. Mr Kelly, who celebrated his 90th birthday on May 31st, has had a friend in the museum since the 1959, when curator Dorothy Miller organized the “Sixteen Americans” exhibit, the first to feature...