May 18 – September 16, 2009
On June 9, 2009, Montreal-born American artist Dorothea Rockburne began work on a 40-foot mural in the Queens Museum’s Large Triangle Gallery. Destined for the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, this new work was commissioned by the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) and honors General Colin Powell, whose parents were from Jamaica. [...]
August 12 – August 30, 2009
The works on display by the participants of the New New Yorkers‘ Photography I, II and III, Basic Drawing, Media and Performance, and Tools for Learning English courses largely reflect the thoughts, feelings and artistic concerns of an immigrant population who is actively involved with their community, and who is constantly striving to improve their [...]
June 17 – July 05, 2009
The Queens Museum of Art’s ArtAccess program presents the third joint student art exhibition between Austin H. MacCormick Island Academy, Horizon Academy and Passages Academy. Please join us in the QMA’s Partnership Gallery for a celebration of this unique exhibition and enjoy student art work, spoken word, performances, music and refreshments. ArtAccess is a unique [...]
December 01 – May 01, 2009
The Queens Museum of Art will break ground later this year on an expansion project that will double the size of the institution and usher in a new phase in the museum’s history. In the period leading up to and through construction, the museum will be embracing our state of flux with Launch Pad, a [...]
January 24 – April 26, 2009
In 2000, the US census revealed the borough of Queens to be the most diverse county in the nation. Two years later, the Queens Museum of Art inaugurated Queens International, a biennial exhibition of artists from around the world who live and/or work in Queens. Celebrating the most recent artistic achievements of Queens with 42 [...]
August 10 – February 15, 2009
(QMA AT BULOVA CORPORATE CENTER) Informed by a Do-It-Yourself spirit, Jane South’s structures come from a combination of ample patience and basic engineering know-how. When her early use of industrial materials gave way to the more modest mediums of tape, balsa wood, and paper, South created a new language for exploring urban forms. Neither simply [...]
September 28 – January 25, 2009
Stephen Talasnik, Panorama: The Mapping of Prediction, presents thirteen architecturally inspired drawings measuring up to twelve feet in length from Talasnik’s Panorama series. The exhibition captures his trademark use of architectural forms, transforming the monolithic – urban landscapes, labyrinthine transportation systems and forms from the World’s Fair – into the intimate, and the structurally complex [...]
October 12 – January 04, 2009
Pedro Meyer’s Heresies is a retrospective exhibition comprising four decades of work by one of the world’s most inventive photographers in the realm of digital photography. Meyer began his career in the early 1960’s, taking pictures on the streets of Mexico City. Since then, he has traveled extensively throughout the world, becoming one of Mexico’s [...]
September 28 – January 04, 2009
By holding fast to the Reason of the ancients, the present is mastered, and the origin of the past understood. This is called Reason’s Clue. – Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Inspired by the Tao Te Ching, the 6th Century B.C. text by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, Reason’s Clue focuses on contemporary art that engages [...]
January 13 – December 20, 2008
Traditionally museums have been defined by what they collect. The generosity of collectors, artists, and friends through the years has endowed the Queens Museum of Art with art work of both contemporary and historical significance that have reshaped our collection. What was once a collection known primarily for the ever-popular Panorama of the City of [...]