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🎷 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 friendships of queer artists! In our latest Drawn to MoMA, comics artist and illustrator Mannie Murphy creates a personal story that reflects on the friendship between artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Read more on #MoMAMagazine → mo.ma/3V9OVxW UNIQLO USA is MoMA's proud partner of #ArtforAll — Mannie Murphy. 2024. Panels from “Queer Friend Love.” Courtesy the artist

“I’m not the first person to remind us that if a machine is soulless then it’s because no one bothered to put the soul in there” — Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton played four different roles in artist Lynn Hershman Leeson’s 2002 film “Teknolust,” a hilarious sexual-biogenetic comedy focused on AI and how we live with it. In Leeson’s created worlds, digital code is the DNA of the future and artificial intelligence can be intelligent art. 📽️ See a retrospective of Leeson’s films, in theaters only at MoMA through June 20. Get tickets → mo.ma/4bINmxU Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.