Moma 4th Floor Closed

Moma to close then open doors to more expansive view of art.

Moma 4th floor closed.

The museum of modern art renovation and expansion designed by diller scofidio renfro in collaboration with gensler. Building and location founded in 1929 since 1939 the museum of modern art is housed in its current home in midtown manhattan. A gallery may be devoted to an artist a specific medium or discipline a particular place in a moment in time or a shared creative idea. The moma which started with an initial gift of just eight prints and a single drawing now has a collection of roughly 200 000 works of art varying in medium to include paintings sculptures.

More than 89 000 works are currently available online. The museum of modern art is located at 11 west 53rd street between 5th 6th avenues. Our evolving collection contains almost 200 000 works of modern and contemporary art. The met saw 8 500 visitors through its doors that day more than the 4 000 to 7 000 it.

The museum of modern art main entrance on west 53rd street photo by xfotox. The red line on the second floor traces the expansion into the former folk art museum and the jean nouvel building. Moma is a place that fuels creativity ignites minds and provides inspiration. The museum of modern art renovation and expansion designed by diller scofidio renfro in collaboration with gensler.

The met and moma are new york s two most popular art museums but the contrast on saturday was stark. Moma is open 10 30am 5 30pm seven days a week closed thanksgiving and christmas. Photography by iwan baan courtesy of moma. The museum of modern art in new york also known as moma is one of the world s most important museums of modern and contemporary visual arts architecture design films and new media.

Moma traditionalists will call the pairing sacrilegious. Each floor is separated into galleries and hallways with wide entrances that allow the rooms to flow into each other. A floor by floor guide to moma s top attractions. Its extraordinary exhibitions and collection of modern and contemporary art are dedicated to helping you understand and enjoy the art of our time.

I call it a stroke of curatorial genius. Arranged in a loosely chronological order each of the 23 galleries on this floor explores an individual topic. These presentations are conceived by teams of curators from all fields and at all levels of seniority collaborating.