October 2008

Dear Friends:

This month, a special exhibition celebrates the publication of acclaimed photographer and printer Richard Benson's book The Printed Picture. Opening October 8, the eponymous exhibition includes more than one hundred works discussed in Benson's comprehensive survey of photographic technology. In the Theater 1 and 2 Lobby Galleries, fifty-three poster designs by Batiste Madalena, who created hand-painted film posters for the Eastman Theatre in the early 1920s, reveal the singular brilliance of this celebrated
advertising artist.

P.S.1's slate of fall exhibitions opens October 19, with a number of single-artist and group exhibitions on view. Among these is NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, which explores the ritualistic elements found in the artistic practices of a wide range of Canadian, American, Mexican, and South American artists, including José Bedia, Rebecca Belmore, James Lee Byars, and David Hammons.

I hope you will join us on October 29 for the Opening Night Preview Party of the eighteenth annual International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair. This event, which benefits MoMA's Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, promises to be a memorable evening.

We look forward to seeing you in the galleries.

Glenn D. Lowry
Director

Pictured above:
MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders