MoMA closes during summer for extensive renovation
Updated 19:52, 17-Jun-2019
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Visitors stand in the Sculpture Garden in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, November 15, 2004. /VCG File Photo

Visitors stand in the Sculpture Garden in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, November 15, 2004. /VCG File Photo

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City will be closing from Saturday to October 20 for an extensive renovation and reorganization of its galleries, according to a MoMA press release.

Stunning new galleries and spaces for performance and events will transform the museum, MoMA said.

The historic expansion, which coincides with the 90th anniversary of MoMA, is expected to bring more voices and perspectives to the facility through new and unprecedented ways with additional 50 percent spaces.

The collections of art include The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, Water Lilies by Claude Monet, and The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali.

During the close of main galleries in Manhattan, tourists will be able to visit MoMA PS1 in Long Island, one of the oldest and largest nonprofit arts centers in the United States devoted to contemporary art, according to MoMA.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency