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Nan Goldin's ‘Nan and Brian in Bed, New York City’ (1983) is reproduced from ‘MoMA Now,’ published to accompany The Museum's expanded, radical rehang, which opened this week. One of more than 700 color images in Goldin's 1985 slideshow, ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency,’ as well as the cover image for the artist's seminal 1987 artist's book of the same name, it is not only a game-changing work of art, but a visceral icon of downtown Manhattan's 80s underground scene. "While the work captures the shared experience of a generation ravaged by drug excesses and AIDS, its central, driving theme is the intensity—the highs and the lows—of amorous relationships," the curators write. #nanandbrianinbed #nangoldin #momanow @themuseumofmodernart @nangoldinstudio #newmoma https://www.instagram.com/p/B37UEDSJYI1/?igshid=1llqsvbdcnwpu

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Today MoMA opens its newly expanded and rehung galleries to the public, and the art world celebrates the Museum's new ethos—a beacon for other institutions that seek to honor yet explode the western canon. Case in point, Kerry James Marshall's “Untitled (policeman)” (2015), reproduced from ‘MoMA Now,’ the Museum’s 424-page 90th anniversary collection catalog, published to accompany the historic expansion. @themuseumofmodernart @kerryjamesmarshs #kerryjamesmarshall #momanow #policeman https://www.instagram.com/p/B34lGSipkfU/?igshid=e0dmrayg3tlt

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In celebration of the reopening—and radical rehanging—of MoMA's newly expanded galleries, we are delighted to feature this beautiful 1925 work on paper by Anni Albers, reproduced from the equally radically recalibrated collection catalogue, ‘MoMA Now’—a book that is, of course, heavy on masterpieces, yet well balanced in terms of "artists who are non-male, nonwhite and non-Western," in the words of Roberta Smith, reviewing the opening shows. "Technique was acquired as it was needed and as a foundation for future attempts," Albers is quoted on her work with the Bauhaus weaving workshop. "Unburdened by any practical considerations, this play with materials produced amazing results, textiles striking in their novelty, their fullness of color and texture, and possessing often a quite barbaric beauty." @themuseumofmodernart @robertasmithnyt @davidzwirner #annialbers #momanow https://www.instagram.com/p/B32N9JnJKxo/?igshid=1hb7ccdebljz6