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- New York, NY, 10019
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- 212-299-7777
- Tues - Wed:
- 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Thurs:
- 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Fri - Sun:
- 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
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Current Exhibitions: 
Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
September 30, 2009 - January 31, 2010
When the Iraqi press called her a serpent, Madeleine Albright showed up at her next meeting with Iraqi officials wearing a snake brooch. And so began her habit of using her brooches to make complex diplomatic statements, often with patriotism, sometimes with poetry, usually with an incisive sense of humor. Come see her famed collection of pins at MAD and find out which mean “We offer solidarity,” which mean "These negotiations are moving too slowly,” and which mean “Don’t mess with the US."
Read My Pins at collections.madmuseum.org
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Slash: Paper Under the Knife
October 7, 2009 - April 4, 2010
Paper--it surrounds us at home and at work, the most ubiquitous of materials. The artists in Slash have taken the very common medium and transformed it by cutting, tearing, and burning, creating works (many site-specific and made just for this exhibition) with delicacy, complexity, and astounding innovation. This is an exhibition that will change completely the way you think about paper and its possibilities. Come see what you could have been doing at the office with all those supplies, instead of fooling around on Facebook.
Slash at collections.madmuseum.org
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Ghost Stories: New Designs from Nendo
October 27, 2009 - January 10, 2010
The Design and Innovation gallery once again puts its finger on the pulse of contemporary design, with an exhibition of the work of the rising Japanese design studio Nendo.
Ghost Stories at collections.madmuseum.org
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Museum of Arts and Design Need something to do on a quiet Wednesday afternoon? We suggest that you take a peek at our new Moving Paper website (http://movingpaper.madmuseum.org). What can you do on Moving Paper? Oh, I don't know - how about view and rate artist-submitted cut-paper animation videos, and then maybe post your own videos for pr...izes and inclusion in our Spring film festival. We've just launched and already we have some really cool little clips, so take a second and visit.
Museum of Arts and Design Just in from our membership department: join now and you'll get invited to a members-only holiday party at MAD. Click the photo for more details.
Museum of Arts and Design updated its Extended Info.
Museum of Arts and Design And another one from 'Slash' artist Shaul Tzemach. (We're finally just finishing a whole bunch, so we'll be posting quite a few in the next few days.)
Museum of Arts and Design Videos! Here's one from 'Slash' artist Andrea Dezsö.
Museum of Arts and Design 'Ghost Stories: New Designs from Nendo' is open! There was a nice write up in the Times about the exhibition, and we're working on a video overview with some installation shots. (In preparation for the exhibition, the Nendo team spent a week sticking about 7 million white dots to the floor of the 2nd floor gallery - it's a very, very cool effect.)
Museum of Arts and Design Public Program alert: Tonight, 'Slash' Artists will discuss their work and the state of contemporary work in paper in the theater at MAD (and it's free!). Next week is something truly fantastic: a screening of the first full-length animated film ever made, 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed' (IMDB - http://bit.ly/VAUjI)..., with live accompaniment on piano. Seriously - it's all cut paper, and it's awesome.
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Images from the first annual MAD Paperball, held at the Museum 10/14/2009. Attended by patrons, artists, designers and celebs, the party was a fantastic success.
Photos courtesy of Alejandro Benchimol / MAD
Museum of Arts and Design We're still recovering from the night of eating, drinking and dancing (and paper) that was The Paperball - photos to come soon. In the meantime, here's a nice write-up on the night from the NY Times.
Museum of Arts and Design It's here! Paperball is upon us! You can check out our live twitter streams - just search for 'paperball' and 'madmuseum.' We've got a couple of people that have promised to stay up very late to tweet, so keep an eye out if you are still awake at 12:30 this morning.
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Blog update: Curator Lowery Sims is planning for the 2011 exhibition currently called 'The Global Africa Project,' and she is sharing her thoughts on the Museum's blog. Keep checking back for more thoughts on this exhibition and the exhibition planning process in general, as well as ongoing conversations between Lower...y and her peers in the field. And, of course, feel free to join in. http://www.madblog.org/2009/10/the-globa
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Get your tickets to the MAD PAPERBALL!!
The event is just over a week away and excitement is mounting! It has just been featured in Women's Wear Daily (http://bit.ly/359RSF) and more press is in the works. We hope you will come and join us for what promises to be a fantastic evening of Fashion, Art, Design and Dancing t...o support the Museum's one of a kind educational programs. Please note the $150 ticket level is almost sold out so buy now!
Museum of Arts and Design Our lobby is awash in a sea of paper, all part of Andrea Mastrovito's massive installation for 'Slash.' The exhibition opens this Wednesday: http://bit.ly/18zKl1.
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MAD Members and guests enjoyed a private preview party of the exhibition ''Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection.'
