Editing MoMA PS1 (section)

===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 9–26'' (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 1–September 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 1991–2011'' 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 9–26, 1976)
* ''Afro-American Abstraction'' (February 17 – April 6, 1980)
* ''[[Ted Stamm]]: 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 - [ongoing])
* ''[[John McCracken (artist)|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 (artist)|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: [[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 – September 10, 2002)
* ''Roth Time: A [[Dieter Roth]] Retrospective'' (March 12 – 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 – 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 (artist)|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)
* ''[[Anne Imhof]]: DEAL'' (January 31 – March 9, 2015)
* ''Greater New York'' (October 11, 2015 – March 7, 2016)
* ''[[Vito Acconci]]: Where Are We Now (Who Are We Anyway)'' (June 19 – September 18, 2016)
* ''[[Mark Leckey]]: Containers and Their Drivers'' (October 23, 2016 – March 5, 2017)
* [[Carolee Schneemann]]: ''Kinetic Painting'' (October 22, 2017 – March 11, 2018)
* [[Fernando Palma Rodríguez]]: ''In Ixtli in Yollotl, We the People'' (April 15, 2018 – September 9, 2018)
* [[Bruce Nauman]]: ''Disappearing Acts'' (October 21, 2018 – February 25, 2019)
* ''Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration'' (September 17, 2020 – 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>