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==Programs, installations, and events== ===Artist and exhibition programs=== [[File:Ikea-disobedients-moma-by-andras-jaque-architects-101.jpg|thumb|''IKEA Disobedients''. Architectural archive, installation and performance on non familiar domestic urbanisms. MoMA PS1. MoMA Collection. 2012.]] 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.<ref>''Rooms P.S. 1, June 9β26'' (New York: The Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., 1977), 3.</ref> For ''Rooms'', the sculptor [[Alan Saret]] cut a tiny hole in one wall, creating an almost heavenly aureole of light at one end of the third-floor hallway.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> The museum has featured the works of the artists [[Janet Cardiff]], [[David Hammons]], [[Kimsooja]],<ref>{{cite web |title=im Sooja: A Needle Woman July 1βSeptember 16, 2001 |url=http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/24 |website=MoMA PS1}}</ref> [[Hilma af Klint]], [[Donald Lipski]], [[John McCracken (artist)|John McCracken]], [[Dennis Oppenheim]], [[Michelangelo Pistoletto]], [[Alan Saret]], [[Katharina Sieverding]], [[Keith Sonnier]], [[Tracy 168|Michael Tracy]], [[Franz West]], [[Maria Lassnig]], [[Judy Rifka]], and [[Peter Young (artist)|Peter Young]]. Its landmark survey of [[Mike Kelley (artist)|Mike Kelley]] in 2013 was the largest exhibition of the artist's work at the time.<ref name="Pogrebin"/> A focus has been on [[outsider art]]ists such as [[Henry Darger]], who was included in ''Disasters of War: Francisco de Goya, Henry Darger, Jake and Dinos Chapman'' (2000).<ref>Carol Vogel (May 31, 2012), [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/arts/design/a-cattelan-billboard-for-the-high-line.html MoMA Acquires More Dargers] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> ''Greater New York'', a survey of emerging artists working in New York City, was established in 2000 and is mounted every five years.<ref>[[Roberta Smith]] (May 27, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/arts/design/28greater.html Take Me Out to the Big Show in Queens] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> Many exhibitions organized by MoMA PS1 travel to museums in the United States and abroad, including collaborations with [[Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art]] in Berlin. In November 2019, the [[Trump travel ban|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 1991β2011'' exhibitions, resulting in criticism by activists.<ref name="www.artnews.com_2020_D">{{Citation| last=Greenberger| first=Alex| date= November 8, 2019| title=Arts Organization Decries Denial of Visas to Iraqi Artists in MoMA PS1 Show: 'It Is Unacceptable'| work =ARTnews | url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pen-america-moma-ps1-theater-of-operations-13543/| access-date =June 26, 2020}}</ref> Throughout its history, MoMA PS1 has routinely organized exhibitions beyond its building, including street performances throughout New York City, projects in the [[Rockaway, Queens|Rockaways]], and international exhibitions and projects. Important exhibitions hosted since the founding of MoMA PS1 in 1976 include: * ''Rooms'' (June 9β26, 1976) * ''Afro-American Abstraction'' (February 17 β April 6, 1980) * ''[[Ted Stamm]]: Paintings 1972β1980'' (February 11 β March 7, 1981) * ''West/East: First Generation Environmental Sculptures'' (September 28, 1980 - March 14, 1982) * ''[[New York/New Wave]]'' (February 15 β April 5, 1981) * The Knot: [[Arte Povera]] at P.S. 1 (October 6 β December 15, 1985) * ''[[James Turrell]]: Meeting'' (October 26, 1986 - [ongoing]) * ''[[John McCracken (artist)|John McCracken]]: Heroic Stance, A Survey of Sculpture 1965β1986'' (October 26 β December 26, 1986) * ''[[Michelangelo Pistoletto]]: Division and Multiplication of the Mirror'' (October 2 β 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 (artist)|Jack Smith]]: Flaming Creature'' (October 29, 1997 - March 1, 1998) * ''[[Gordon Matta-Clark]]: Reorganizing Structure by Drawing Through It'' (April 26 β 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 β May 30, 2000) * ''Disasters of War: [[Francisco Goya|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 β September 10, 2002) * ''Roth Time: A [[Dieter Roth]] Retrospective'' (March 12 β June 7, 2004) * ''Katharina Sieverding: Close Up'' (October 24, 2004 - January 23, 2005) * ''[[Peter Hujar]]'' (October 23, 2005 - April 10, 2006) * ''Into Me/Out of Me'' (June 25 β September 25, 2006) * ''[[WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution]]'' (February 17 β May 12, 2008) * ''Lutz Bacher My Secret Life'' (February 12 β September 14, 2009) * ''September 11'' (September 11, 2011 - January 9, 2012) * ''[[Mike Kelley (artist)|Mike Kelley]]'' (October 13, 2013 - February 2, 2014) * ''[[James Lee Byars]]: 1/2 an Autobiography'' (June 15 β September 7, 2014) * ''[[Maria Lassnig]]'' (March 9 β September 7, 2014) * ''[[Anne Imhof]]: DEAL'' (January 31 β March 9, 2015) * ''Greater New York'' (October 11, 2015 β March 7, 2016) * ''[[Vito Acconci]]: Where Are We Now (Who Are We Anyway)'' (June 19 β September 18, 2016) * ''[[Mark Leckey]]: Containers and Their Drivers'' (October 23, 2016 β March 5, 2017) * [[Carolee Schneemann]]: ''Kinetic Painting'' (October 22, 2017 β March 11, 2018) * [[Fernando Palma RodrΓguez]]: ''In Ixtli in Yollotl, We the People'' (April 15, 2018 β September 9, 2018) * [[Bruce Nauman]]: ''Disappearing Acts'' (October 21, 2018 β February 25, 2019) * ''Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration'' (September 17, 2020 β April 04, 2021) * ''[[Niki de Saint Phalle]]: Structures for Life'' (March 11, 2021 - September 6, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenberger |first1=Alex |title=Niki de Saint Phalle, Pioneering French Feminist Artist, to Be Subject of Major Survey at MoMA PS1 in New York |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/niki-de-saint-phalle-moma-ps1-13245/ |website=ARTnews.com |access-date=2020-05-15 |date=18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life at MoMA PS1. Preview of exhibition until MoMA PS1 reopens to the public |url=https://artssummary.com/2020/03/27/niki-de-saint-phalle-structures-for-life-at-moma-ps1-preview-of-exhibition-until-moma-ps1-reopens-to-the-public/ |website=Arts Summary |access-date=2020-05-15 |language=en |date=27 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Delson">{{cite news |last1=Delson |first1=Susan |title=Artist Niki de Saint Phalle Took Joy Seriously |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/artist-niki-de-saint-phalle-took-joy-seriously-11613760915?mod=searchresults_pos2&page=1 |access-date=2021-04-22 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=19 February 2021}}</ref> ===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<ref>{{cite web |title=Young Architects Program (YAP) |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/groups/8 |website=MoMA |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> and becomes the architectural setting for MoMA PS1's summer Warm Up music series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Young Architects Program 1999 |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3701 |website=MoMA |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> The Young Architects program was placed on a one-year hiatus in late 2019.<ref name="www.archdaily.com_2020_E">{{Cite news| last =Baldwin| first =Eric| year = 2019| title =MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program Placed on Hiatus| publisher =[[ArchDaily]] | url =https://www.archdaily.com/929064/moma-ps1-s-young-architects-program-placed-on-hiatus| access-date =June 26, 2020}}</ref>{{update-inline|date=June 2023}} YAP winners include: * 1998 β ''untitled?'' by [[Gelitin]] * 1999 β ''DJ Pavilion'' by [[Philip Johnson]] * 2000 β ''Dunescape'' by [[SHoP Architects]] * 2001 β ''Summer Oasis'' by ROY (principal Lindy Roy) * 2002 β ''Playa Urbana / Urban Beach'' by William E. Massie * 2003 β ''Light-Wing'' by EMERGENT (principal, Tom Wiscombe) * 2004 β ''Canopy'' by [[nARCHITECTS]] (principals, Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang) * 2005 β ''SUR'' by Xefirotarch (principal, Hernan Diaz Alonso) * 2006 β ''BEATFUSE!'' by [[Obra Architects]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Events |url=http://www.obraarchitects.com/projects/93/ps1-moma |website=Obra |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> * 2007 β ''Liquid Sky'' by [[Ball-Nogues Studio]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Liquid Sky at MoMA PS1 Ball-Nogues Studio |url=http://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/liquid-sky-at-moma-ps1 |website=Architect|date=February 7, 2014 |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A New Sky for P.S. 1 |url=http://www.ball-nogues.com/sites/default/files/030307_YAP_Announcement_Achitects_Newspaper.pdf |access-date=July 17, 2018 |work=The Architects Newspaper |date=March 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Liquid Sky, 2007 |url=http://www.sheilapepe.com/projects/liquid-sky/ |website=Sheila Pepe |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> * 2008 β ''Public Farm 1'' by WorkAC (principals, [[Amale Andraos]] and Dan Wood) * 2009 β ''Afterparty'' by MOS Architects<ref>{{cite web |title=Pavilion, No. 4, MoMA PS1, Afterparty |url=http://www.mos.nyc/project/moma-ps1-afterparty |website=MOS Architects |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> (principals, [[Michael Meredith (architect)|Michael Meredith]] and Hilary Sample<ref name="Basulto">{{cite news |last1=Basulto |first1=David |title=Afterparty, P.S.1 2009 Installation / MOS Architects |url=https://www.archdaily.com/30329/afterparty-ps1-2009-installation-mos-architects |access-date=July 17, 2018 |work=ArchDaily |date=July 28, 2009}}</ref>) * 2010 β ''Pole Dance'' by [[SO-IL|Solid-Objectives β Idenburg Liu]] * 2011 β ''Holding Pattern'' by Interboro Partners & WHATAMI by stARTT (MAXXI, Rome<ref>{{cite web |title=Holding Pattern |url=http://www.interboropartners.com/projects/holding-pattern |website=Interboro}}</ref>) * 2012 β ''Wendy'' by HWKN (principals, Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner<ref>{{cite web |title=Wendy |url=https://hwkn.com/projects/wendy/ |website=HOLLWICH KUSHNER ARCHITECTURE DPC |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>) * 2013 β ''Party Wall ''by CODA (principal, [[Caroline O'Donnell]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Party Wall |url=http://www.co-da.co/pwall |website=CODA |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>) * 2014 β ''Hy-Fi ''by The Living (principal, [[David Benjamin]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Embodied Computation Lab |url=http://www.thelivingnewyork.com |website=The Living |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>) * 2015 β ''COSMO'' by [[AndrΓ©s Jaque]] * 2016 β ''Weaving the Courtyard'' by Escobedo Soliz Studio * 2017 β ''Lumen'' by [[Jenny Sabin]] Studio *2018 β ''Hide & Seek'' by Dream the Combine ===Warm Up=== [[File:PS1 Saturday Warm Up Party Shankbone 2012.jpg|thumb|220px|right|A Warm Up Event in August 2012. The sculpture ''Wendy'' by Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner is seen in the background.]] 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Corsini|first1=Rachel|title=MoMA PS1 Warms Up Summer in a Cool Way|url=http://brooklyndowntownstar.com/pages/full_story/push?article-MoMA+PS1+warms+up+summer+in+a+cool+way%20&id=8707130|access-date=November 23, 2014|work=Brooklyn Downtown Star|date=July 9, 2010|quote=PS1's Warm Up parties aren't just parties, however; they are an "experimental exhibition at the museum," said Cindy Hinant, a volunteer coordinator. Not that it isn't a blast, with beer available to those of legal drinking age. You won't find Budweiser here, though. They serve Original Sin Hard Cider and Magic Hat #9, a welcome change from the norm that speaks to the theme of serving the indie community.}}</ref> 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, [[Groove Collective]], [[Afrika Bambaataa]], [[Mad Professor]], [[Richie Hawtin]], [[FranΓ§ois K]], [[Fischerspooner]], [[Kid Koala]], [[Arto Lindsay]], [[Scissor Sisters]], [[Luke Vibert]], [[Solange Knowles|Solange]], [[Jamie XX]], [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]], [[Arca (musician)|Arca]], [[Black Dice]], [[Four Tet]], [[DJ Premier]], [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]], Venus X, [[Cardi B]], [[Lizzo]], and many more. ===Long-term installations=== MoMA PS1 houses several long-term installations throughout the building:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3618?locale=en|title=MoMA PS1 Long-Term Installations {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> * A large outdoor dome used for house exhibitions, as of 2013<ref name="www.crainsnewyork.com_2020_A"> {{Citation | date = March 15, 2013 | title =MoMA PS1 director renews Rockaways cleanup | work =Crain's New York Business | url =https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130315/ARTS/130319913/moma-ps1-director-renews-rockaways-cleanup | access-date =June 25, 2020 }}</ref> * [[Richard Artschwager]], ''Blips'', 1976. Location: Throughout MoMA PS1 * [[Richard Artschwager]], ''Exit - Don't fight City Hall'', 1976. Location: First floor * [[Richard Serra]], ''Untitled'', 1976. Location: Rooftop * [[Alan Saret]], ''Hole at PS1: Fifth Solar Chtonich Wall Temple'', 1976. Location: Third floor, eastern end of north wing * [[Lawrence Weiner]], ''A bit of matter and a little bit more'', 1976. Location: Front door, stenciled on glass * [[James Turrell]], {{Anchor|Meeting (James Turrell)}}''Meeting'', 1986. Location: Third floor * [[Pipilotti Rist]], ''Selbstlos im Lavabad (Selfless in the Bath of Lava)'', 1994. Location: Lobby, single-channel video installation * [[Matt Mullican]], ''Untitled'', 1997. Location: Steel inset in basement floor * [[Cecily Brown]], ''Untitled'', 1997. Location: Staircase B * [[Alexis Rockman]], ''Untitled'', 1997. Location: Staircase B * [[Sol LeWitt]], ''Crayola Square'', 1999. Location: Basement floor * [[William Kentridge]], ''Stair Procession'', 2000. Location: Staircase B * [[Ernesto Caivano]], ''In the Woods''. 2004, Location: Staircase A * [[Abigail Lazkoz]], ''Cameraman'', 2005. Location: Staircase B * Saul Melman, ''Central Governor'', 2010. Location: Basement Boiler Room<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saulmelman.com/work/detail/central_governor/|title=Saul Melman {{!}} Gallery|last=seamlesswhole.com|website=www.saulmelman.com|language=en|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> * [[James Ferraro]], ''Saint Prius'', 2014. Location: Throughout MoMA PS1 (and available to download from the museum website)
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