MoMA PS1 is a

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institution located in Court Square in the

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neighborhood in the borough of

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, New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, the Warm Up summer music series, and the Young Architects Program with the

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. MoMA PS1 has been affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art since January 2000 and, , attracts about 200,000 visitors a year.

History

Founding

What would become MoMA PS1 was founded in 1971 by

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as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., an organization with the mission of turning abandoned, underutilized buildings in New York City into artist studios and exhibition spaces. Recognizing that New York was a worldwide magnet for contemporary artists, and believing that traditional museums were not providing adequate exhibition opportunities for site-specific art, in 1971 Heiss established a formal, alternative arts organization with architecture/theater critic

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called The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, and began renovating abandoned buildings in New York City. In 1976, Heiss opened the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in a deserted Romanesque Revival public school building, exponentially increasing the organization's exhibition and studio capacity. This building, dating from 1892, served as the first school in Long Island City until 1963, when the First Ward school it housed was closed due to low attendance and the building was turned into a warehouse. In October 1997, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center reopened to the public after a three-year, $8.5 million renovation project designed by Los Angeles-based architecture firm Frederick Fisher & Partners.Carol Vogel (February 2, 1999)
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(October 31, 1997)
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''. The building's facilities were increased from 84,000 to 125,000 square feet in order to include a large outdoor gallery, a dramatic entryway, and a two-story project space. In February 1999, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and the Museum of Modern Art announced their institutional merger, which was stated to take 10 years and designed to preserve P.S. 1 as a center of independent experimentation and exploration.

Affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art

MoMA PS1 and the

formalized their affiliation in January 2000. New York City, which owns the MoMA PS1 building, endorsed the merger. The principal objective of MoMA's partnership with MoMA PS1 is to promote the enjoyment, appreciation, study, and understanding of contemporary art to a wide and growing audience. Collaborative programs of exhibitions, educational activities, and special projects allow both institutions to draw on their respective strengths and resources and to continue shaping a cultural discourse. The two institutions also integrated their development, education, marketing, financial planning and membership departments. To mark the 10th anniversary of the merger between the former P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and MoMA, the museum changed its name to MoMA PS1 in 2010.

Later development

In 2008, following the completion of a 10-year merger process with MoMA, Alana Heiss retired as director of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center after 36 years. In 2009,

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was named Director of the renamed MoMA PS1. Biesenbach had first joined at PS1 as a curator in 1997, and subsequently held the positions of Curator in MoMA's Department of Film and Media and Chief Curator of MoMA's Department of Media and Performance Art. Biesenbach left the museum for the

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in Los Angeles in July 2018, leaving the museum temporarily without a director. In November 2018, MoMA PS1 art handlers demonstrated outside the museum to earn the same pay as similar workers at MoMA in Manhattan, and in March 2019, the museum paid a settlement with a curator who accused the museum of rescinding a job offer due to pregnancy. In June 2019, Kate Fowle was announced as the museum's new director.Robin Pogrebin (June 26, 2019)
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''. In November 2019, a new restaurant opened in the museum. Following a longer than initially expected closure for the coronavirus pandemic, on April 13, 2020, MoMA PS1 told its employees there would be furloughs due to the museum facing its "most serious financial crisis" ever, with impact to be felt "for years to come," according to director Kate Fowle. 70% of the museum's workforce was furloughed, leaving 17 employees working at the museum. In June 2020, the museum and the

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were the only two major art institutions to participate in the Open Your Lobby initiative, which asks businesses to provide protestors with shelter or resources.

Programs, installations, and events

Artist and exhibition programs

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From its inception, MoMA PS1 has championed the innovative and the experimental. The premiere exhibition, ''Rooms'', held in June 1976, featured the works of 78 artists, many of whom created site-specific installations in the former classrooms. For ''Rooms'', the sculptor

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cut a tiny hole in one wall, creating an almost heavenly aureole of light at one end of the third-floor hallway. The museum has featured the works of the artists

Janet Cardiff Janet Cardiff (born March 15, 1957) is a Canadian artist who works chiefly with sound and sound installations, often in collaboration with her husband and partner George Bures Miller. Cardiff first gained international recognition in the art worl ...

David Hammons David Hammons (born July 24, 1943) is an American artist, best known for his works in and around New York City and Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s. Early life David Hammons was born in 1943 in Springfield, Illinois, the youngest of ten ...

Kimsooja Kimsooja (; born 1957) is a South Korean, multi-disciplinary conceptual artist based in New York, Paris, and Seoul. Her practice combines performance, film, photo, and site-specific installation using textile, light, and sound. Kimsooja's work i ...

Hilma af Klint Hilma af Klint (; 26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) was a Swedish artist and mysticism, mystic whose paintings are considered among the first Abstract art, abstract works known in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates ...

Donald Lipski Donald Lipski (born May 21, 1947) is an American sculptor best known for his installation work and large-scale public works. Early life and education Donald Lipski was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1947. He was raised in the northern suburb of ...

, John McCracken,

Dennis Oppenheim Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. Dennis Oppenheim's early artistic practice is an epistemological questioning about the nat ...

Michelangelo Pistoletto Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 23 June 1933) is an Italian painter, action and object artist, and art theorist. Pistoletto is acknowledged as one of the main representatives of the Italian Arte Povera. His work mainly deals with the subject mat ...

Katharina Sieverding Katharina Sieverding (born 16 November 1944) is a German photographer known for her self-portraiture. Sieverding lives and works in Berlin and Düsseldorf. She is a professor emeritus at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Early life and educati ...

Keith Sonnier Keith Sonnier (July 31, 1941 – July 18, 2020) was a postminimalist sculptor, performance artist, video and light artist. Sonnier was one of the first artists to use light in sculpture in the 1960s. With his use of neon in combination with epheme ...

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Franz West Franz West (16 February 1947 – 25 July 2012) was an Austrian artist. He is best known for his unconventional objects and sculptures, installations and furniture work which often require an involvement of the audience. Early life and e ...

Maria Lassnig Maria Lassnig (8 September 1919 – 6 May 2014) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness".Attias, Lauri''Maria Lassnig'', ''Frieze'', May 1996. She was the first female artist to win the Grand ...

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. Its landmark survey of Mike Kelley in 2013 was the largest exhibition of the artist's work at the time. A focus has been on

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ists such as

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, who was included in "Disasters of War: Francisco de Goya, Henry Darger, Jake and Dinos Chapman" (2000). "Greater New York," a survey of emerging artists working in New York City, was established in 2000 and is mounted every five years. Many exhibitions organized by MoMA PS1 travel to museums in the United States and abroad, including collaborations with

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in Berlin. In November 2019, the Trump administration travel ban resulted in denied visas to a number of Iraqi artists taking part in MoMA PS1's "Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011" exhibitions, resulting in criticism by activists. Throughout its history, MoMA PS1 has routinely organized exhibitions outside of its building, including street performances throughout New York City, projects in the Rockaways, and international exhibitions and projects. Important exhibitions hosted since the founding of MoMA PS1 in 1976 include: * ''Rooms'' (June 9–26, 1976) * ''Afro-American Abstraction'' (February 17 – April 6, 1980) * ''

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: Paintings 1972–1980'' (February 11 – March 7, 1981) * ''West/East: First Generation Environmental Sculptures'' (September 28, 1980 - March 14, 1982) * '' New York/New Wave'' (February 15 – April 5, 1981) * The Knot: Arte Povera at P.S. 1 (October 6 – December 15, 1985) * ''James Turrell: "Meeting"'' (October 26, 1986 - ngoing * ''John McCracken: Heroic Stance, A Survey of Sculpture 1965–1986'' (October 26 – December 26, 1986) * ''Michelangelo Pistoletto: Division and Multiplication of the Mirror'' (October 2 – November 27, 1988) * ''Franz West'' (1989) * ''David Hammons: Rousing the Rubble, 1969 - 1990'' (December 16, 1990 - February 10, 1991) * ''Dennis Oppenheim: And the Mind Grew Fingers'' (December 8, 1991 - February 9, 1992) * ''Jack Smith: Flaming Creature'' (October 29, 1997 - March 1, 1998) * ''Gordon Matta-Clark: Reorganizing Structure by Drawing Through It'' (April 26 – August 30, 1998) * ''Inside Out: New Chinese Art'' (1998) * ''Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th Century Art'' (October 10, 1999 - January 9, 2000) * ''Children of Berlin: Cultural Developments 1989 - 1999'' (November 7, 1999 - January 2, 2000) * ''Greater New York'' (February 27 – May 30, 2000) * ''Disasters of War: Goya, Henry Darger, Jake and Dinos Chapman'' (November 19, 2000 - February 25, 2001) * ''Janet Cardiff: A Survey of Works'' (October 14, 2001 - January 31, 2002) * ''Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values'' (June 30 – September 10, 2002) * ''Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective'' (March 12 – June 7, 2004) * ''Katharina Sieverding: Close Up'' (October 24, 2004 - January 23, 2005) * ''

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'' (October 23, 2005 - April 10, 2006) * ''Into Me/Out of Me'' (June 25 – September 25, 2006) * ''Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution'' (February 17 – May 12, 2008) * ''Lutz Bacher My Secret Life'' (February 12 – September 14, 2009) * ''September 11'' (September 11, 2011 - January 9, 2012) * ''Mike Kelley'' (October 13, 2013 - February 2, 2014) * ''James Lee Byars: 1/2 an Autobiography'' (June 15 – September 7, 2014) * ''Maria Lassnig'' (March 9 – September 7, 2014) *''

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: DEAL'' (January 31 – March 9, 2015) * ''Greater New York'' (October 11, 2015 – March 7, 2016) * ''

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: Where Are We Now (Who Are We Anyway)'' (June 19 – September 18, 2016) * ''

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: Containers and Their Drivers'' (October 23, 2016 – March 5, 2017) *

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: ''Kinetic Painting'' (October 22, 2017 – March 11, 2018) *

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: ''Disappearing Acts'' (October 21, 2018 – February 25, 2019) * ''Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration'' (September 17, 2020 – April 04, 2021)

Young Architects Program

The Young Architects Program (YAP) is an annual competition hosted by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art that invites young architects to submit design proposals for MoMA PS1's courtyard. The winning entry is converted from concept to construction and becomes the architectural setting for MoMA PS1's summer Warm Up music series. The Young Architects program was placed on a one-year hiatus in late 2019. YAP winners include: * 1998 – ''untitled?'' by Gelatin' * 1999 – ''DJ Pavilion'' by Philip Johnson * 2000 – ''Dunescape'' by

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* 2001 – ''Summer Oasis'' by ROY (principal Lindy Roy) * 2002 – ''Playa Urbana / Urban Beach'' by William E. Massie * 2003 – ''Light-Wing'' by EMERGENT (principal, Tom Wiscombe) * 2004 – ''Canopy'' by nARCHITECTS (principals, Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang) * 2005 – ''SUR'' by Xefirotarch (principal, Hernan Diaz Alonso) * 2006 – ''BEATFUSE!'' by Obra Architects * 2007 – ''Liquid Sky'' by

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* 2008 – ''Public Farm 1'' by WorkAC (principals,

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and Dan Wood) * 2009 – ''Afterparty'' by MOS Architects (principals, Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample) * 2010 – ''Pole Dance'' by Solid-Objectives – Idenburg Liu * 2011 – ''Holding Pattern'' by Interboro Partners & WHATAMI by stARTT (MAXXI, Rome) * 2012 – ''Wendy'' by HWKN (principals, Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner) * 2013 – ''Party Wall ''by CODA (principal,

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) * 2014 – ''Hy-Fi ''by The Living (principal,

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) * 2015 – ''COSMO'' by

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* 2016 – ''Weaving the Courtyard'' by Escobedo Soliz Studio * 2017 – ''Lumen'' by Jenny Sabin Studio *2018 –
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Warm Up

Warm Up is MoMA PS1's music series summer event. The series is housed within the architectural installation created by the winner of the annual Young Architects Program. Together, the music, architecture and exhibition program provide a unique multi-sensory experience for music fans, artists, and families alike. Warm Up was conceived in 1997 as a summer-long dance party to bring new audiences to MoMA PS1 and Long Island City, Queens. The series runs every Saturday from July through early September and draws thousands of local and international visitors each day. Highlights from the series include a notable group of international DJs and live music ensembles: DJ Harvey,

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Long-term installations

MoMA PS1 houses several long-term installations throughout the building: * A large outdoor dome used for house exhibitions, as of 2013 *

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, ''Blips'', 1976. Location: Throughout MoMA PS1 *

, ''Exit - Don't fight City Hall'', 1976. Location: First floor *

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, ''Untitled'', 1976. Location: Rooftop *

, ''Hole at PS1: Fifth Solar Chtonich Wall Temple'', 1976. Location: Third floor, eastern end of north wing *

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, ''A bit of matter and a little bit more'', 1976. Location: Front door, stenciled on glass *

James Turrell James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. Much of Turrell's career has been devoted to a still-unfinished work, ''Roden Crater'', a natural cinder cone crater located outside ...

, ''Meeting'', 1986. Location: Third floor *

Pipilotti Rist Pipilotti Elisabeth Rist (born 21 June 1962) is a Swiss visual artist best known for creating experimental video art and installation art. Her work is often described as surreal, intimate, abstract art, having a preoccupation with the female bo ...

, ''Selbstlos im Lavabad (Selfless in the Bath of Lava)'', 1994. Location: Lobby, single-channel video installation *

Matt Mullican Matt Mullican (born September 18, 1951) is an American artist and educator. He is the child of artists Lee Mullican and Luchita Hurtado. Mullican lives and works in both Berlin and New York City. Early life and education Matt Mullican was b ...

, ''Untitled'', 1997. Location: Steel inset in basement floor *

Cecily Brown Cecily Brown (born 1969) is a British painter. Her style displays the influence of a variety of contemporary painters, from Willem de Kooning, Francis BaconScott, Sue (2013). "Cecily Brown" in ''The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium ...

, ''Untitled'', 1997. Location: Staircase B *

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, ''Untitled'', 1997. Location: Staircase B *

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, ''Crayola Square'', 1999. Location: Basement floor *

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, ''Stair Procession'', 2000. Location: Staircase B *

Ernesto Caivano Ernesto Caivano (born 1972, Madrid, Spain) is a New York-based artist with a primary focus in drawing. Caivano has been exhibited at New York's MoMa PS1 and London's White Cube. Education Ernest Cavaino studied Fine Arts in New York City, where h ...

, ''In the Woods''. 2004, Location: Staircase A * Abigail Lazkoz, ''Cameraman'', 2005. Location: Staircase B * Saul Melman, ''Central Governor'', 2010. Location: Basement Boiler Room *

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, ''Saint Prius'', 2014. Location: Throughout MoMA PS1 (and available to download from the museum website)

Management

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, in 2010 the MoMA PS1's board of directors included the artists

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Mickalene Thomas Mickalene Thomas (born January 28, 1971) is a contemporary African-American visual artist best known as a painter of complex works using rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel.

, art historian Diana Widmaier-Picasso, fashion designer Adam Kimmel, and art collectors

Adrian Cheng Adrian Cheng Chi-kong (, born 1979) is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and business executive. He is the CEO and executive vice-chairman of the Hong Kong-listed New World Development, and executive director of jewelry company Chow Tai Fook. He is also t ...

and

Peter Norton Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943) is an American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for the computer programs and books that bear his name and portrait. Norton sold his software business to Symantec ...

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''. In 2020, an open letter by artists asked the museum to remove

Larry Fink Laurence Douglas Fink (born November 2, 1952) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. BlackRock is the largest money-management firm in the wor ...

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Leon Black Leon David Black (born July 31, 1951) is an American investor and the co-founder and former-CEO of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. Black also served as the chairman of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City from Ju ...

from the MoMA PS1 board for their investment history. MoMA PS1 "receives about eight percent of its operating budget from the city" in 2019. As owner of the MoMA PS1 building, New York City contributes to MoMA PS1's annual operating budget. Exhibitions at MoMA PS1 are funded by the Annual Exhibition Fund, which draws donations from trustees.

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The Museum of Modern Art official website

MoMA PS1 on ABC News: Emergency Room
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