MoMA Courses Online

Get Inspired with MoMA Courses Online!

Fall Registration Now Open—Five Courses Available • Instructor-led Courses Begin October 1, Including Our Newest Course: 5 Puzzles of Contemporary Art • Self-guided Courses Now Open Discounts available for educators, students, and MoMA members.

This fall, enrich yourself and your understanding of art using The Museum of Modern Art as your guide. With MoMA Courses Online newcomers and experienced art lovers alike are invited to explore modern art—in your home, on your schedule—with the same instructors who teach in the Museum's classrooms and galleries. You'll discover the fascinating stories and ideas behind some of the masterpieces in MoMA's collection using a rich variety of multimedia materials, including narrated slide shows, course texts, images, and engaging, exclusive videos shot on location in the Museum's galleries. The five different courses are offered in two versions, so you can select the one that works best for you:

Instructor-led (courses begin October 1, register now) For five, eight, or 10 weeks, enjoy exclusive access to richly detailed videos, slide shows, audio, and readings, plus discussion forums that allow you to interact with an instructor and peers. $250–350; $200–300 for educators, students, MoMA members, and other museum staff

Self-guided (now available, register now) A more independent learning experience offering the same content as the instructor-led course, without discussion forums or teacher guidance through the materials. $200; $175 for educators, students, MoMA members, other museum staff

Five exciting courses are being offered this fall:

NEW Instructor-led Course! 5 Puzzles of Contemporary Art

In the 1960s, artists began making radical gestures that questioned practically every aspect of what art was conceived of at the time, from the physical and temporal context in which it is seen, to how it is displayed and who gets to access or own it. In this five-week course, students learn about key issues in art from the past 50 years and explore one of five puzzles in contemporary art each week: beauty, value, original, concept, and process. Led by MoMA educator and artist Pablo Helguera, students explore compelling works in MoMA's collection by artists such as Cindy Sherman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jeff Koons, Sol LeWitt, Allan McCollum, and Richard Serra. Register for instructor-led course

Experimenting With Collage

This eight-week course combines studio demonstrations of collage techniques with close study of significant works in MoMA's collection by masters of collage such as Pablo Picasso, Joseph Cornell, Hannah Höch, Robert Rauschenberg, and Mark Bradford. Taking inspiration from the ways in which these artists pushed the boundaries of representation and materials, detailed demonstrations will show students how to create their own collages by transforming fragmented, combined, and recontextualized objects and images. Register for instructor-led course | Register for self-guided course

Materials and Techniques of Postwar Abstract Painting

A focused look at postwar abstract painting from an artist's point of view, this course goes into the studio to reveal the materials and techniques that created some of the 20th century's greatest masterpieces. Led by instructor Corey D'Augustine, an artist and former MoMA conservator, students learn about the art history of this period, and how to prepare and paint canvases based on the techniques of iconic artists of the time, from Jackson Pollock to Barnett Newman. Register for instructor-led course | Register for self-guided course

Modern Art, 1880–1945

This course is an in-depth introduction to the key works and iconic figures of modern art, from its origins in Post-Impressionism to the beginnings of the New York School. Moving chronologically through the Museum's rich collection, students explore an array of renowned and provocative objects by such artists as Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Constantin Brancusi, Marcel Duchamp, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso, among others. Register for instructor-led course | Register for self-guided course

Modern and Contemporary Art: 1945–1989

A guided social experience examining major artists, artworks, and movements after World War II, this course charts the following themes: the emergence of the New York School and its links to the new global economy centered in New York; the revival of Dada; the flowering of Pop art in mass consumer society; Minimalism's formal refinement and emphasis on spatial context; Conceptual art's fundamental questioning of art; the development of multimedia artistic practices and performance art; and the influence of identity politics on art. Led by experienced MoMA instructors, students explore works by Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, Eva Hesse, George Maciunas, Louise Lawler, Nan Goldin, and many other artists in MoMA's collection. Register for instructor-led course | Register for self-guided course Registration for all on-site and online courses is now open—read more and get started today at MoMA.org/MoMACourses.