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An artist-centered site of experimentation for 50 years. Admission is free for all.

Long Island City, New York
Joined December 2008
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Every series begins somewhere. This is the first of over one thousand images artist Masao Gozu would take of NYC windows during a three-decade span. In 1972, a year after moving from Tokyo to New York, Masao Gozu photographed an elderly man looking out of his apartment window in Chinatown. He kept photographing windows, on and off, until 2004. See the print that started it all in Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars on view through March 15. — Masao Gozu. "Mott St., Chinatown, May 1972." 1972.
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In 1980, Howardena Pindell’s layered, tactile surfaces and James Little’s luminous geometries were shown in the landmark exhibition Afro-American Abstraction at PS1 . The show included artworks with “a bold physicality, rhythmical vitality, and textural richness, as well as a tendency to use linear, geometrical imagery, and high-energy color.” Nearly five decades years later, their work returns to the galleries this weekend in Hard Art, and they'll be here to tell us all about it. On Sat, Nov 7, at 3:30 p.m., the two legendary artists sit down with Connie Butler, The Agnes Gund Director, to discuss these two exhibitions, on the occasion of PS1's 50th anniversary. RSVP for this free talk, and all Open House activities, at the link in bio. — Howardena Pindell. "Feast Day of Iemanja II, December 31." 1980. Acrylic, dye, paper, powder, thread, glitter, and sequins on canvas. 86 × 103 in. (218.4 × 261.6 cm).
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We'll never forget when Courtney Love judged a Halloween costume contest at MoMA PS1 in 2012.
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Happy Halloween! Here's some last-minute costume inspo for tonight, courtesy 50 years of our eccentric archive. Take a look at performances by Karl Anderson and Leslie Derrick, Eleanor Antin, Charlotte Moorman (in chocolate, no less), and more.
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Say hi to our bear-o'-lantern 🐻 Danielle De Jesus (@danielledejesus), whose work appeared in our 2022 exhibition Life Between Buildings, carved this pumpkin after Precious Okoyomon’s Courtyard Commission. See it for yourself at our front desk this Halloween weekend 🎃
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New York Fashion at PS1, 1980–1984 opens November 5, with original silver gelatin prints, letters, typewritten press releases, magazine clippings, and more pulled from the MoMA PS1 archives during our 50th anniversary year. Between nights at Studio 54 and moonlighting for MTV, stylist and make-up artist Hollywood Di Russo (1946–2005) turned PS1 into what was then the only “non-commercial showcase for living fashion designers in America.” Starting in 1980, ten exhibitions featured experimental installations by rising New York designers, as slinky disco silhouettes gave way to boxier shapes and gender-fluid power-dressing. During our upcoming Open House on November 7, cultural theorist Marco Pecorari (@p_e_c_o_m) will give a talk on the uniqueness of PS1’s program, followed by a conversation with critic Matthew Linde (@matthewlinde_01) and Assistant Curator Kari Rittenbach. RSVP to “A Fashion Alternative” at the link in bio, and see the full list of events celebrating our new exhibitions. — Installation view of the P.S. 1 exhibition Fashion (Fall 1981): "Homer Layne's Collection of Charles James Fashions" (October 18-December 13, 1981)
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Field report from the first School Nite: @isabellalovestory and @b0yg1rlmusic played live, @alirqqq held down the decks, the galleries stayed open late, and somewhere in the crowd there was a teen recording it all on his laptop 💻❤️ Thanks to everyone who came out Thursday night for the first of the series. Round two on Nov 19 with Nourished by Time and Tromac is already sold out, but stay tuned...there’s more coming up! Special thanks to our friends @hoppy for holding it down behind the booth 💿 📷: Marissa Alper and Mila Rae Mancuso
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Take a ghost tour of MoMA PS1 at night 👻 From the attic to the boiler room to the seemingly infinite stairwells and corridors, people have long said PS1 has haunted vibes. And with a building dating back to the 1800s, it would be kind of lame if we didn't have a ghost or two? 📽️ Watch the full 2018 paranormal investigation of MoMA PS1 and @museumofmodernart: moma.org/magazine/articles/1… Visit this weekend and check out the Boiler Room in the basement for yourself. Admission is free for humans and ghosts alike.
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Our youngest artists brought big ideas and steady hands to last weekend’s Halloween Family Day. More making is on the way: join us at Open House on Saturday, November 7, for a free family workshop inspired by Masao Gozu and a family Joyflow class with @healspacenyc 👯 RSVP to save your spot, link in bio. Can’t wait that long to visit? The greenmarket is open Saturday in our plaza, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Stock up on locally grown, organic pumpkins before Halloween, then come say hi to Precious Okoyomon’s 25-foot teddy bear, explore the galleries, and roam the halls of Queens’ first public school (-turned-museum), all for free. — 📸: Yasmin Kuczynski
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In 1972, Masao Gozu began photographing strangers at the moment they looked out of their windows. The thousands of images he took form an architectural and psychological portrait of New York City across decades. In 2025, he went back to sites where he had photographed windows decades earlier and took the pictures again. Some buildings have changed dramatically or vanished, while others have held, with surprising continuity. The first US museum exhibition of his work, Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars opens November 5 and runs through March 15, 2027. — Masao Gozu. "Eldridge Street, Lower East Side, September 1972." 1972. Masao Gozu. "Mulberry Street, Little Italy, 11am, September 28, 1975." 1975.
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What if we went out on a School Nite 🤓 Isabella Lovestory (@isabellalovestory), B0YG1RL (@b0yg1rlmus1c), and ali rq (@alirqqq) kick off School Nite, our new after-hours music series, Thursday, October 22, 7–11 p.m. in our former schoolhouse. Two days away and only a few tickets are left, link in bio💛
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DJing at @MoMAPS1 november 19th in support of @nourishedbytime
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Just announced: Our next School Nite on November 19 features Nourished by Time (@nourishedbytime) and Tromac (@tromac) 📓 Nourished by Time brings his time-warped, existential R&B up from Baltimore, and Tromac follows with a set that moves through house, techno, jungle, and Baltimore club. This one is indoors, so capacity is limited. Bar and galleries open late. The first School Nite is this Thursday, btw. You might as well double down and get tickets to that one, too. Tickets are now live: mo.ma/school-nite-nov26 🔭
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After years working with organic materials and forensic evidence from Mexico City's morgue, Teresa Margolles shifted in the early 2000s to materials tied to criminal acts in public space. Her work began to examine violence through the residue left in the streets, what she frames as the "periphery of the body." These two pieces of jewelry are made with glass shards recovered from score-settling incidents of organized crime in Culiacán, Sinaloa. A local jeweler recreated designs from his repertoire, setting the glass in place of precious stones. See them in "Teresa Margolles: En el lugar de los hechos (At the Scene)," on view through Feb 8. — Teresa Margolles. "Joya (Cadena) (Jewel [Chain])," 2007. Ten-carat gold with inlaid glass sourced from windshields shattered by car-to-car crossfire in Culiacán, Mexico. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich/Paris
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School Nite is just one week away 🎒 Our new after-hours music series kicks off next Thurs on Oct 22 from 7–11 p.m. with Isabella Lovestory (@isabellalovestory), B0YG1RL (@b0yg1rlmus1c), and ali rq (@alirqqq). Tickets include after-hours access to the galleries, and there will be a bar. Get tickets: mo.ma/47Y2ZBm We'll see you there 🤓
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Hard Art opens November 5 at MoMA PS1. This major exhibition brings together more than 40 artists to examine the legacy of abstract painting by Black artists in the US, from 1969 to now, across sculpture, video, sound, and painting. Expect to see historical works by Frank Bowling, Cynthia Hawkins, Peter Bradley, Howardena Pindell, David Hammons, Barbara Chase Riboud, and Martin Puryear, alongside works by Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Jennie C. Jones, and Mark Bradford. Plus, check out new works by Carolyn Lazard, Rindon Johnson, SoiL Thornton, and Torkwase Dyson. This intergenerational show builds on PS1's seminal 1980 exhibition "Afro-American Abstraction," continuing to probe abstraction’s relationship to identity and Blackness. Organized by Connie Butler, The Agnes Gund Director, with Sheldon Gooch, Curatorial Associate. Exhibition research and support is provided by June Kitahara, Research Assistant.
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Halloween Family Day is this Saturday 🎃 Calling all aspiring creatures: carve one, build one, or become one. On Saturday, Oct 17, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., stop by for free, all-ages activities led by artists. Come in costume or leave in one, and haunt the galleries while you're here. RSVPs are now at capacity, but drop-ins are welcome as space and supplies last!
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Coming to see our newest shows this long weekend? Teresa Margolles has transformed our third-floor galleries with her bold minimalist forms, including a sculpture that features over 13 tons of rubble from an uninhabited house in Ciudad Juárez. Artists Against the Bomb take over Homeroom with more than 80 calls to action, from 1960s peace protests to the present. And be sure to catch Precious Okoyomon's forest in the courtyard before the leaves turn for the season. We're open on Monday and all weekend long. Admission is free for all.
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