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PopRally x Items: Bootlegged - Jacket by Mackenzie Younger

What would you create if you were given free rein with the MoMA logo? Come see “bootleg” creations by four artists and designers tomorrow at PopRally x Items: Bootlegged and you may walk away with one of their limited edition creations. Stay for a set by the legendary DJ duo Stretch and Bobbito, art-making, drinks, and dancing! Tickets at mo.ma/bootleg ... Jacket by Mackenzie Younger. Fabricated by Kunstmode. Graphic composed by Scott Brower

PopRally x Items: Bootlegged

For PopRally x Items: Bootlegged, we invited four young artists and designers to bootleg the MoMA logo on pieces inspired by their favorite #ItemsMoMA—a limited number of which will be given away during the evening on a random, surprise-and-delight basis 🎁👕 .... Find Kamoni Chandler aka A$AP K (@tareleven), Awol Erizku (@awolerizku), Ava Nirui (@avanope), and Mackenzie Younger (@mackenzieyounger) on Instagram for more on what they've been up to, and grab your ticket for Saturday at mo.ma/bootleg for a chance to walk away with one of the artist items produced exclusively for the event!

💥GET IT💥 limited quantities of $100 tickets (regular price $250) for MoMA's #PartyInTheGarden after-party are available to PopRally friends & fam by entering code POPRALLY: http://bit.ly/2rjYNZE. Don't miss the chance to celebrate the start of summer in MoMA The Museum of Modern Art's stunning Sculpture Garden with performances by James Blake, Kaytranada, and #KLAUS (1-800-Dinosaur) on Monday June 5!

It's a beautiful day for some poetry ☀️ Tickets for PopRally Presents Unfinished Conversations: An Evening of Poetry are still available throughout the day online and at the door starting at 7:00 p.m. Get it! http://bit.ly/2ouDZd0 💌

Join us next Thursday May 4 for a soirée of poetry and art with Marwa Helal, Morgan Parker (author of the recent "There are Things More Beautiful Than Beyonce"), Lytton Smith, Christopher Soto, and Hyperallergic's poetry editor Wendy Xu. They will present new and recent work inspired by MoMA's current exhibition #UnfinishedConversations, which will be open to explore. Tickets are available at http://bit.ly/2ouDZd0 and also include open bar and a special take away 💌

Junglepussy takes the stage 🙌 #PopRallyxPetra

"This series of animations was inspired by finding solace in celebrating traditionally dismissed feminine objects, the act of creating a world that mirrors my desires, and Eiichi Yamamoto’s dark psychedelic fantasy tale ‘Belladonna of Sadness’ (1973).” -Grace Miceli For #PopRallyxPetra, artists Madelyne Beckles, Aleia Murawski, and Grace Miceli re-examine the canonical representation of the female body through a “digital salon,” a series of original, short artist videos conceived with Petra Collins. This contemporary take on the 19th-century Salon des Indépendants is being released over the course of this week in advance of Saturday’s PopRally Presents Petra Collins: In Search of Us, where a site-specific, live tableau will confront these very notions IRL.

"’Worms’ is an exploration of one's fears and desires and how they often inhabit the same space. I was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights,’ ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ by Laura Mulvey, and time-lapse videos of decomposing fruit.” -Aleia Murawski For #PopRallyxPetra, artists Madelyne Beckles, Aleia Murawski, and Grace Miceli re-examine the canonical representation of the female body through a “digital salon,” a series of original, short artist videos conceived with Petra Collins. This contemporary take on the 19th-century Salon des Indépendants is being released over the course of this week in advance of Saturday’s PopRally Presents Petra Collins: In Search of Us, where a site-specific, live tableau will confront these very notions IRL.

“‘Let Her Eat Grapes!’ is an interrogation of Dutch still life painting by insertion of a black female body into the work. This is meant to illuminate the tension between aestheticizing the abundance that appears in the domestic sphere, while the Dutch were capitalizing off of black bodies through slavery at the same point in history.” -Madelyne Beckles For #PopRallyxPetra, artists Madelyne Beckles, Aleia Murawski, and Grace Miceli re-examine the canonical representation of the female body through a “digital salon,” a series of original, short artist videos conceived with Petra Collins. This contemporary take on the 19th-century Salon des Indépendants will be released over the course of this week in advance of Saturday’s PopRally Presents Petra Collins: In Search of Us, where a site-specific, live tableau will confront these very notions IRL.

Less than a week to PopRally Presents Petra Collins: In Search of Us 🍇. Over the next few days, be sure to follow #PopRallyxPetra on Instagram: Petra Collins invited Madelyne Beckles, Aleia Murawski, and Grace Miceli to produce a "digital salon," a series of original, short artist videos foregrounding issues and ideas to be explored during Sunday's live performance. mo.ma/poprallyxpetra.

🎁 PROMO ALERT 🎁 We are thrilled to extend a special discount code to our PopRally community members (yes, that's you!) for tomorrow's MoMA Armory Party 2017 featuring St. Lucia performance and DJ set by Helado Negro. Visit http://bit.ly/2lQ0xXH and enter the code POPRALLYARMORY for half off (!) the regular ticket price. Also, be sure to catch St. Lucia's recent #CreativeNewYork interview at nyc.moma.org for more about their love for art, music, and all things NYC!

At #PopRally, we are incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to work with some of the most thoughtful and talented young artists around, and are always excited to share more about our collaborations. Here is what Damien Davis told us about his inspiration behind the Picabia-inspired videos that he made for our screens during Arty Gras 🌀 "I really wanted to bring everything back to the title of the Picabia exhibition, Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction. At its core, the work I make is rooted in a lifelong, ongoing project to establish a growing visual language made out of a discrete iconography, capable of functioning long after my life ends. One icon, the heads, is inspired by the four Moors on the flag of Sardinia. I use this shape to investigate my relationship with the ornamental Blackamoors sculptures ubiquitous throughout Europe, drawing parallels to my own relationship with both the mammy figure and other “darky” iconography here in the United States. Picabia’s palette inspired me to create a sort of hypnotic, disorienting kinetic image, Hopefully entrancing the viewer into learning more about this shape, along with its convoluted history."

🌟 THANK YOU 🌟 to everyone who came out, dressed up, and made Arty Gras one of the most fun nights we've ever had, and to High & Mighty Brass Band and Damien Davis for getting everyone in the mood with music, masks, and colorful backdrops. Stay tuned for official photos of the evening soon, and don't forget to sign up for PopRally's mailing list at mo.ma/2mCVcAf to be the first to know about upcoming events!

"'Painting for me lies in the pure pleasure of invention," Francis Picabia wrote in 1927. Working on the Picabia exhibition even led to my own inventions! Here I am in my hand-painted costume inspired by the artist's designs for his Relâche dancers. Everything is more fun when you're wearing dots!" #FrancisPicabia Curatorial Assistant Talia Kwartler shows us just how easy it is to get in the Arty Gras spirit! Join us TOMORROW for PopRally Presents: Arty Gras for more creative costumes, live music, artist masks, open bar, and more! http://bit.ly/2lk2k3T

👀 SNEAK PEEK 👀 PopRalliers Akili Tommasino, LJ McNerney and David Bennett take a break from Arty Gras planning to have some fun with one of artist Damien Davis's masks. Francis Picabia is smiling approvingly from above 😉. Come join the fun this Sunday! http://bit.ly/2lk2k3T

💥Fresh #CreativeNewYork Alert💥 "You know what? We had our own voice. [It was that] we spoke and there was a mic there." This and many more awesome go-get-it moments with Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton, aka the badass ladies behind Buzzfeed's Another Round Podcast right around the corner at nyc.moma.org.

#PopRallyPicks: do not miss Artist’s Choice: Jérôme Bel/MoMA Dance Company on view in the Marron Atrium only through Monday October 31. You will not be able to stop 😃 and 👏 and 👯 and just generally wanting to join the fun. Here is a little taste of what to expect with Grace Robinson from MoMA's membership team rocking it out to Liza Minnelli's classic rendition of "New York, New York". More information on this performance via link: http://mo.ma/2fbt8Fx

Sneak peak 👀: one of artist Jonah Groeneboer's beautiful artworks getting ready for #PopRallyTEN. A signed and numbered artist edition is also part of the ticket price, so get yours ASAP at mo.ma/poprally cc Recess

Tonight! MoMA Nights wraps up summer 2015 with Tei Shi Check out this awesome animation and get yourself to the The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden this evening for some great tunes! Animation by: Lauren Jones and Merit Myers

MoMA PopRally Presents Hood by Air: Id with performances by Dutch E Germ Mykki Blanco Boychild #Gobby #TimDeWitt #AshlandMines and #YoungChow http://bit.ly/ZEM81Z