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Date: July 01, 2011 through January 02, 2012
Ages: All Ages

Address:
11 W. 53rd St.
Midtown, NY 10103

Phone: 212-708-9400
Website: moma.org

Description: In 1942 -- shortly after the U.S. entered World War II -- Architectural Forum magazine commissioned a group of architects, including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, to design projects for a hypothetical postwar American city, rethinking both urban community life and the relationship between architecture and urban planning. The aim was to project an optimistic postwar period of growth and prosperity to begin as soon as hostilities ended, in 194X -- soon, it was hoped. Over half a century later the country is once again engaged in global conflict and—in the wake of 9/11 and the ongoing financial crisis -- undergoing a major reconsideration of urban and suburban space. This year marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, an event that ushered in a new era of architectural anticipation and uncertainty, and gave rise to a flurry of urban rebuilding projects, some of which are only finally seeing the light of day at Ground Zero. Drawn from MoMA's architectural holdings, this exhibition shows the work of a variety of architects who took on the urban scale in a spirit of recasting the form and daily experience of the city. In addition to Mies van der Rohe, featured architects include Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph, Rem Koolhaas and OMA, and United Architects.

Venue Description: The Museum of Modern Art, also known as MoMA, offers a rich and panoramic view into modern art in the world. Founded in 1929, it has grown to include more than 135,000 paintings, prints, photographs, drawings, sculptures, films, and design objects. MoMA seeks to create an environment that is responsive to the issues of modern and contemporary art, while being accessible to a public that ranges from scholars to young children.

MoMA has three restaurants on the premises: Café 2 is the museum?s sophisticated cafeteria; Terrace 5 is a full-service café; and The Modern offers the original, Alsatian-inspired cuisine of Chef Gabriel Kreuther, recently awarded three stars by The New York Times.

Museum hours: 10:30am?5:30pm daily; Friday 10:30am?8pm; closed Tuesday.

Admission: $25; $18 seniors; $14 students; free for children younger than 16. Tickets may be purchased online for a discounted price.

Upcoming Events at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA):

• Wait, Later This Will Be Nothing: Editions by Dieter Roth - 02/17/13 - 06/24/13
  
• Applied Design - 03/01/13 - 01/31/14
  
• Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light - 03/06/13 - 08/12/13
  
• Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light - 03/10/13 - 06/24/13
  
• Abstract Generation: Now in Print - 03/15/13 - 06/24/13
  
• A Trip from Here to There - 03/15/13 - 07/30/13
  
• Hand Signals: Digits, Fists, and Talons - 04/05/13 - 09/08/13
  
• Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store - 04/14/13 - 08/05/13
  
• Please Come to the Show, Part I (1960-1980) - 05/08/13 - 07/15/13
  
• XL: 19 New Acquisitions in Photography - 05/10/13 - 01/06/14
  
• Projects 100: Akram Zaatari - 05/11/13 - 09/23/13
  
• Ellsworth Kelly: The Chatham Series - 05/25/13 - 09/08/13
  
• Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes - 06/15/13 - 09/23/13
  
• Soundings: A Contemporary Score - 08/10/13 - 11/03/13
  
• American Modern: Hopper to O'Keefe - 08/17/13 - 01/26/14
  
• Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938 - 09/28/13 - 01/12/14
  
• Isa Genzken - 11/23/13 - 03/10/14
  
• Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII - 07/25/21
  

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