For Proof of the Power of Collaboration, Look No Further than Joan Jonas
It’s not just you—the 87-year-old visual artist is having a major moment in New York and...
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Regenerative Materials Are a Reminder to Be Optimistic
A show at the Museum of Modern Art eschews doom-and-gloom sustainability narratives to reveal the...
Suzanne Ciani and Sarah Davachi Come Together at MoMA
As the museum continues programming work that expands the relationship between sound and art, the...
Imagining the Future of New York’s Civic Spaces
A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art highlights a dozen public architecture projects that...
Refik Anadol’s Swirling Abstractions Will Soon Illuminate MoMA
The Turkish-American digital artist plugged more than 138,000 images and text materials from two...
Barbara Kruger Is More Relevant Than Ever
Four decades into her career, the virality of her work in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s overturning...
At MoMA, the Art Students League of New York Toasts Resilience
On November 8, the Art Students League of New York hosted its Annual Fundraising Gala at the Museum
Gregory Ain’s Long-Lost MoMA House Gets Rediscovered
A glass-walled home by Gregory Ain that was once exhibited on the Museum of Modern Art’s rooftop...
Architects Ask MoMA to Remove Philip Johnson’s Name Over Fascist Ties
The architect's problematic political inclinations are well-documented: he personally translated...
An Esoteric Publisher Pops Up at MoMA’s Flagship Museum Store
With a catalogue full of titles blurring the line between art and literature, Siglio is subverting...
Neri Oxman and Sir Norman Foster on the Future of Design
The venturesome Oxman talks experimental materials and lunar habitation with the renowned architect.
Curator Alison Gingeras on Revisiting One of the 20th Century’s Key Art Shows
Inspired by a MoMA classic, “New Images of Man” at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles shows dozens of...
MoMA Wants You to Get Lost in the Stacks
Newly reimagined after a months-long renovation, the flagship Museum Store's new book wall doubles...
How MoMA Design Store Is Inspiring Tomorrow’s Littlest Artists
Through the Making with MoMA collection and pop-up, the museum’s shop is giving art-loving kids...
MoMA Design Stores’s Print Shop is a Limited-Time Celebration of Limited-Edition Posters
Get your hands on hard-to-find designs from cultural institutions around the world, plus exclusive...
This Tech-Forward Jacket Is Climate Control for Your Body
The Mercury Heated Jacket knows your ideal body temperature better than you do.
Feminism, Fine Art, and Beyoncé: The Guerrilla Girls Sound Off
In a cultural moment defined by unconscionable treatment of women, we host a round-table discussion
These Artist-Designed Holiday Cards Are Actually Mantle Worthy
MoMA’s holiday cards aren't your typical season's greetings.
Design Dialogues No. 48 with MoMA Design Store
Surface magazine’s digital director, William Hanley, spoke with Kimberlie Birks, Juliet...
An Iconic Desk Lamp is Rethought for the 21st Century
Just half the size of a standard desk lamp, Anglepoise's 90 Mini Mini packs a ton of utility into...
This Tech-Savvy Piano Packs a Quiet Presence—and a Powerful Play
The Roland Kiyola piano was meticulously designed for the digital age.
Design Dialogues No. 42 With MoMA Design Store
Surface magazine’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, spoke with Danny Meyer and Paula Scher about...
John Pawson, Barbara Bestor, and 7 Other Top Design Minds Celebrate Achille Castiglioni
To honor the 100th year of the Italian legend’s birth, we asked a few of the world’s best...
Don’t Judge This Book by Its Cover
British artist Richard Woods puts his signature spin on a delightfully deceptive hardcover.
The Artist Who Drew With Computers, Before Computers Were a Thing
Vera Molnár, a little-known founding mother of computational art and thinking, will feature in...
How to Digitize Your Drawings in Real Time, Using Actual Paper and Pens
The Slate 2+ operates just like a traditional sketchpad, and incorporates digital tools.
Design Dialogues No. 39
Surface magazine’s editor-in-chief, Spencer Bailey, spoke with spoke with The Museum of...
Yoshitomo Nara Makes the Coolest Skateboards
Embellished with the Japanese artist’s sweet, scrappy girls, these decks stand out from the rest.
Ruba Katrib Saw It First
The New York-based curator gathered galleries showing emerging artists from around the world for...
Why MoMA’s “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” Is Not the Exhibition You Were Expecting
Plus, the behind-the-scenes stories of 10 objects in the show—and one more that got away.
You Want the Moon? This Remarkably Detailed Lunar Globe Replicates the Real Thing
NASA imagery and expert engineering informed this ingenious lamp, where a ring of LEDs illuminate a
Design Dispatch: June 12, 2017
Our daily take on the world through the lens of design.
Design Dispatch: June 1, 2017
Our daily take on the world through the lens of design.
Cao Fei at MoMA PS1
The Chinese multimedia artist gets her first American museum solo show and a chance to win over new
A Japanese Constellation
MoMA offers a look at contemporary Japanese architecture with a nod to post-earthquake...
Surface’s “Exhibit” Columnist Dan Duray Reports on a MoMA Milestone
MoMA celebrates three decades of its annual “New Photography” show with its most expansive...