Background
The Museum of Modern Art (also known as MOMA) is located in New York City at 53rd Street. The idea for the museum was conceived in 1929 by “three progressive and influential patrons of the arts, Miss Lillie P. Bliss, Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.” (MOMA History). Moving several times over ten years, the building as we know it today opened its doors in 1939. A number of revisions and remodels to the building would take place over the years with the most recent renovation taking place in 2019.
Critic’s Review
“MoMA is billing these changes to the display of the art as the most significant aspect of the expansion. Not only is the museum growing, it is changing its relationship to the art, no longer insisting on a single grand narrative, no longer teaching, but simply opening itself up to exploration and discovery.” (Washington Post)
ArtworksÂ
The museum houses a variety of art works including: Modern and Contemporary
Additional Reading
Architecture & Design at the New MOMA
The Museum of Modern Art: Then and Now