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You’re up to bat for our latest #MoMAPhotoClub challenge! Sports aren’t just confined to arenas and stadiums—they’re all around us, woven into the fabric of our daily lives. As we celebrate the incredible feats of athletes around the world this summer during the Olympics and Paralympics, we invite you to capture athletic moments in everyday life — sinking the shot from the half-court during a game of pickup basketball, a perfect dive (or cannonball!) into a nearby lake, a bike ride in the park, and more. Grab your camera and capture sports all around you. We can’t wait to see what you make! Share your photos with us using #MoMAPhotoClub on Instagram. Select photos will be featured on our social media channels. Learn more → mo.ma/photoclub — [1] Stephen Shore. “Graig Nettles, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 1, 1978.” 1978. Acquired with matching funds from Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1978. © 2024 Stephen Shore [2] Garry Winogrand. “Austin, Texas from Women are Beautiful” (detail) 1974. Purchase and gift of Barbara Schwartz in memory of Eugene M. Schwartz. © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery [3] Larry C. Morris/The New York Times. “Knicks-Lakers at Garden” (detail). May 8, 1973. The New York Times Collection. © 2024 The New York Times [4] Harold Eugene Edgerton. “Golf Swing.” 1939 or before. Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation. © 2024 Estate of Harold Edgerton [5] Unidentified photographer. Untitled (detail). Gift of Peter J. Cohen [6] Sabine Weiss. “Ballerina” (detail). c. 1950. Purchase. © 2024 Sabine Weiss/ Rapho-Guillumette [7] Joanne Leonard. “Dancing Seen from Joanne's Second Story, West Oakland, CA” (detail). c. 1967. Gift of the artist in honor of Julia Marjorie Leonard and in memory of P. Alfred and Marjorie R. Leonard. © 2024 Joanne Leonard [8] Sanlé Sory. “Untitled (boxing man)” (detail). 1970-85. Committee on Photography Fund. © 2024 Sanlé Sory, courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York [9] John Gutmann. “Class” (detail). 1935. Thomas Walther Collection. The Family of Man Fund. © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

“The sensation of color is what I wanted. It’s the sensation of seeing.” — Alex Katz From the colors of spring, summer, and fall to the stark palette of winter — experience nature through Alex Katz’s eyes in a new exhibition on view now. To make his paintings, Katz often begins with photographs, taken with an iPhone, and smaller painted sketches, which he transforms into large-scale compositions that he often completes in a single morning. Get an inside look at Alex Katz’s process and downtown New York City studio in a new interview on #MoMAMagazine → mo.ma/3LfLEZp — [1] Alex Katz in his downtown studio, New York City, 2024. Photo: Naeem Douglas [2-3] Alex Katz. “Spring.” 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery. © 2024 Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photography by David Regen

🎷 Discover how a uniquely modern American art form found a home at a uniquely modern American museum. MoMA has presented live jazz performances for over 60 years: from the towering figures of the 1960s and early ’70s, to one magical summer in 1985, to the arrival of new generations in the 1990s and 2000s. Uncover this rich, surprising, history in our newest podcast. 🎧 Listen to all three episodes of Jazz in the Garden wherever you get your podcasts → mo.ma/jazz — Master tenor saxophonist Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins performs solo in the Sculpture Garden of The Museum of Modern Art as part of Summergarden, July 19, 1985. Photo: Lona Foote. Museum-Related Photographs, 161. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Thank you to everyone who participated in #MoMAPhotoClub: Furry Focus — we loved what you created! 🐾 From paws and claws to scales and feathers, creatures of all kinds have inspired artists and kept them company in the studio. The latest photography challenge was all about animals. Stay tuned on our channels for more photography challenges! — From Instagram: 📸 erdemvaroll 📍 Istanbul, Turkey 📸 mustafaseven 📍 Samandağ, Turkey 📸 habibsfoto 📍 Lebanon 📸 volgayildiz 📍 Istanbul, Turkey 📸 l.k.j 📍 Brooklyn, New York 📸 ganiilhan 📍 Mersin, Turkey 📸 72sekund 📍 Trondheim, Norway 📸 tekena24 📍 Georgia, United States 📸 rogeralanlee

When was the last time you thought about your teenage self? For a lot of us, our teenage years were an uncomfortable time with confusing thoughts, big emotions, and awkwardness. In our newest podcast, hear from artists, educators, and members of our MoMA Teens program about the ways art helped them discover and embrace their identity as queer people. 🎧 Listen to “How Art is Helping Teens Find Their True Selves” wherever you get your podcasts → mo.ma/3RyswJQ MoMA Audio is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA. — [1] Andreas Siekmann. “Platz der Teenies, Square of Teenagers.” 1998. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift. © 2024 Andreas Siekmann [2] Christian Holstad. “Blue Boys Don't Need Drugs with Voulkos.” 2003. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift. © 2024 Christian Holstad

“It is incumbent upon me to resist.” — LaToya Ruby Frazier Born in 1982 in the steel manufacturing town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, LaToya Ruby Frazier has used photography, text, moving images, and performance to revive and preserve forgotten stories of labor, gender, and race in the postindustrial era. See “Monuments of Solidarity,” an exhibition of the artist-activist’s work, on view now at MoMA → mo.ma/frazier

Did you know Frederick Douglass was the most photographed man in 19th-century America? The abolitionist, who obtained freedom from chattel slavery in 1838, became one of the most important orators, writers, and statespersons of the 19th century. Douglass understood that portraiture could challenge racist tropes and advance the freedom and civil rights of Black Americans and subjugated people around the world. Sir Isaac Julien’s ten-screen installation “Lessons of the Hour,” on view now at MoMA, presents a nonlinear narrative of Douglass’s life and work. The exhibition at MoMA brings together historical items that informed Julien’s film, including photographic portraits of Douglass as well as his speeches, literary works, and personal correspondence. Read an interview between the artist and exhibition curator on #MoMAMagazine → mo.ma/45ttKeU — [1] Southworth and Hawes. “Frederick Douglass.” c. 1845. Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, NY [2] Installation view of “Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour.” Photo: Emile Askey

Give leftover fabric and garments new life! In the newest episode of our tutorial series IN THE STUDIO, artist Liz Collins demonstrates how to weave without a loom and design your own textiles by deconstructing woven fabrics. Watch the full video → mo.ma/3KOc842

🌯 “Keep searching for that burrito! Never give up. Keep going.” — Sebastian, Age 10 During a school visit to MoMA, students wrote postcards to artist Joey Terrill after learning about his series of three paintings, “Chicanos Invade New York Series.” When Terrill made this work in the early 1980s, he had just moved from Los Angeles, where he grew up, to New York, where the Chicano community was much smaller. “After a couple of months of being in New York City, I started craving tortillas. We searched and couldn't find them anywhere in stores. So I ended up having to make my own tortillas,” the artist reflected. The students sent messages encouraging Terrill and relating his work to their own feelings about loneliness and identity. The Adobe Foundation (Adobe) is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA. — [1-6] Postcards from students to Joey Terrill [7] Joey Terrill. “Chicanos Invade New York Series, Three panels: Making Tortillas in Soho; Reading the Local Paper; and Searching for Burritos.” 1981. Anonymous gift and gift of the Latin American and Caribbean Fund. © Joey Terrill. Used by permission.

Celebrate the start of summer at Member Family Picnic! ☀️ ✏️ Participate in art-making activities in the Sculpture Garden 🐰 Enjoy a special appearance by Miffy 🥨 Share some snacks Become a member and spend quality family time at MoMA on June 22 → mo.ma/4bWKX2P — 📸 Martin Seck, Walter Wlodarczyk, Alycia Kravitz