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GLENN LOWRY: One of the influences on Abramović’s work is Tibetan Buddhism. In Nude with Skeleton, Abramović evokes a traditional exercise undertaken by Tibetan monks during which they sleep alongside ...

Der Blaue Reiter was formed in 1911 in Munich as a loose association of painters led by Vasily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. They shared an interest in abstracted forms and prismatic colors, which, they ...

Immerse yourself in ideas and see your world in new ways through art. In MoMA’s free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on Coursera, you will hear directly from artists and designers, look closely at ...

The New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) emerged as a style in Germany in the 1920s as a challenge to Expressionism. As its name suggests, it offered a return to unsentimental reality and a focus on ...

Leah Dickerman: These "White Paintings" may not be prepossessing, but they're among the most radical statements about painting made in the middle of the 20th century. They are blank canvases stretched ...

RICHARD SERRA: I had built, I think, six or seven large lead pieces, all dealing with the relationship of a pole and a plate to the wall. But I got very dissatisfied with the wall pieces; that somehow ...

Artist, Marina Abramović: I had a very strict upbringing when I was a child in the former Yugoslavia. Director, Glenn Lowry: Abramović began performing in public at the age of 21. From then until the ...

Director, Glenn Lowry: In her earlier performance, Rhythm 0, Abramović surrendered complete control to her audience as she stood impassively, next to a table with objects that they could use on her as ...

Security Officer, Chet Gold: Hey, my name is Chet Gold. I work here at the MoMA, in security. We're going to be talking about Chris Ofili's, The Holy Virgin Mary, and the experience that I had when it ...

Director, Glenn Lowry: For twelve years, beginning in 1976, Marina Abramović and her partner, artist Uwe Laysiepen, known as Ulay, lived together and collaborated on numerous works. Artist, Marina ...

One morning in the summer of 1952, Matisse told his studio assistant and secretary Lydia Delectorskaya that “he wanted to see divers,” so they set out to a favorite pool in Cannes. Suffering under the ...