Being Modern: MoMA in Paris

‘Being Modern’ features an array of important artworks that MoMA has acquired since its founding in 1929. The exhibition includes 200 pieces, dating from the early days of modern art through movements and styles such as American abstraction, Pop art and Minimalism. The exhibition responds to two objectives: to show a significant body of the museum’s great collection in Paris, and to evoke the more fluid and interdisciplinary installations that visitors to MoMA will encounter following its expansion and renovation project. Some of the works will be shown in France for the first time, including: Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962); Philip Guston’s Tomb (1978); Untitled (You Invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece) by Barbara Kruger (1982); and Patchwork Quilt by Romare Bearden (1970). Find out more about the ‘Being Modern’ exhibition from the Fondation Louis Vuitton website.

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Double Elvis (1963), Andy Warhol. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Adagp, Paris 2017

Untitled Films Still #21 (1978), Cindy Sherman. © 2017 Cindy Sherman

The Bather (c. 1885), Paul Cézanne. Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890 (1980), Paul Signac. Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York